New account creation defaults

From: anna (a_budziak_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/29/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:50:24 -0700

I think it only handles menus. Someone sent this to me and
I don't think it answers my question but maybe you would
want to look at it for your situation (There is an article
in the Knowledge base about this # 307800):

"You can use a mandatory profile for the users. Then they
will not be able
to change the settings 

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>-----Original Message-----
>Oops, yeah, I meant Novell.  Does that product only 
>handle menues or can it be used for all of the profile 
>preferences available to a user?
>
>Thanks for your input,
>Jeff
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Do you mean Novell or is novel a part of your library 
>>circulation mode?  There are different products out 
>there 
>>that will allow you to set the desktop; one inexpensive, 
>>basic system is Cybrarian.  You can have different menus 
>>for different categories of users.  It works with 
>systems 
>>like Innovative, CARL and GEAC.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I admin at a Chicago Public School and we are 
>installing 
>>>all new machines with XP.  We use novel as the backbone 
>>>and authenticate against it for student logons.  We are 
>>>trying to find a way to set all of the profile details 
>>>like views, themes, start menu config, etc when a new 
>>>account is created.  Basically, they will log on, 
>>>authenticate with novell and then a new profile is 
>>>created on the local machine for them.  Thanks for any 
>>>help.
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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