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Locking Down the Desktop
Name: Greg Allin Date: July 17, 2001 at 14:28:14 Pacific
Comment:
I have several NT workstations that I manage within a single domain. I'm having problems with kids renaming desktop icons to something inappropriate. I currently use the policy editor on the PDC to stop registry edits, changes to the display, no lock workstation, etc. However I can't figure out what I need to restrict in order to stop them from renaming the icons. I have tried shell restrictions, specifically, "Don't save changes upon exiting" and still no luck.
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