Re: Anyone seen XP locked down like this?

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 08/30/05 

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:46:17 -0400

"RH" <RH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DFB4189-B193-4AA8-828E-C84215BD5DE0@microsoft.com...
> Its either Mandatory profile or Group Policies.
>
> "JT" wrote:
>
>> I have an XP machine that eveytime it is rebooted it will delete all
>> files
>> in MyDocuments, reset the home page, recreate a user account that was
>> deleted.
>>
>> It was set up like this by a previous admin on purpose bc it is a public
>> used computer.
>>
>> Any ideas on how he did it and how to stop it?
>>
>> I need to change some settings.
>>
>>
>>

Could also be some 3rd party software like DeepFreeze ...
http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp

Incidentally Microsoft is cooking up something similar
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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