Re: Secure Desktop

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:35:07 -0500

Andre wrote:
> Hi
>
> We would like to have a close PC configuration. The user should see
> only the icons we provide, but can't modify anything on the desktop.
> We won't using Active Desktop.
> Is it possible to do that only with Group Policy.

I don't believe so, unless you set the users up with mandatory roaming
profiles (change ntuser.dat to ntuser.man on the server in each user's
existing profile folder after taking ownership of it as the Administrators
group).

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