school enviro, need to keep profiles same, spyware issues too....

[jameson]

Hi all, i am the techy for a school.
We are about to ghost a computer lab, about 25 machines.

The computer teacher pretty much let anything go in the past, now all
the machines are filled with spyware, and crazy wall papers. The nice,
neat profiles I made fo rthe last ghost imagine is long gone due to
kids just going nutty with them... but they are kids and kids will
have fun...

Anyway, thsi time the teacher wants to take a little more control. Id
like to make it so that spyware is decreases dramatically, like
un-downloadable. The problem is that many of the programs require
users to be power users or local admins for them to work properly.

Also Id like to figure out how I can prevent wallpapers, screen
savers, etc from being changed. I cant freeze the computers because
kids put files in their folders for classes...

any help is appreciated!
Jazz Mann

 

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| Hi all, i am the techy for a school.
| We are about to ghost a computer lab, about 25 machines.
|
| The computer teacher pretty much let anything go in the past, now all
| the machines are filled with spyware, and crazy wall papers. The nice,
| neat profiles I made fo rthe last ghost imagine is long gone due to
| kids just going nutty with them... but they are kids and kids will
| have fun...
|
| Anyway, thsi time the teacher wants to take a little more control. Id
| like to make it so that spyware is decreases dramatically, like
| un-downloadable. The problem is that many of the programs require
| users to be power users or local admins for them to work properly.
|
| Also Id like to figure out how I can prevent wallpapers, screen
| savers, etc from being changed. I cant freeze the computers because
| kids put files in their folders for classes...
|
| any help is appreciated!
| Jazz Mann