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Would anyone be able to recommend software for xp pro that disables the users from playing around with settings such as wallpaper, themes, and such. This is for public computers im just tired of people changing the wallpaper to "ur gay haha" or "so and so sucks" I tried mmc but people can still right click on photos and set as wallpaper. Thanks for the help.
This page has alot of XP fixes-
Yours is line 142 on the right side.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_...
Some require the download of a VBS file.
So, read at the top of that page--
"How to use a VBS file"
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Read the thread below - it may be exactly what you're looking for.
Are you tired of people screwing & changing the PC?
i_Xp/VistaUser
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Hey Mike,
Under gpedit.msc, there are all kinds of settings that can be enabled/disabled including not being able to change the wallpaper to not being able to use right click on the mouse as well as removing access to logoff, shutdown, cmd prompt(very important to hide that one), and many others. You can also enable a setting that won't allow users to save any changes they've made after logoff or restart. You can even hide the C:\ drive.
I know this because I have XP Pro and I'm using a public computer that has it and I can very little. This thing locked down tight.
Good luck,
Internalrage
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I agree with the above, Group Policy Editor (GPE) can help in this area. Give it try, just don't go all wild & crazy with it ;-)
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In the case of GPE, the following link should be enough to give you cues on how to hide the drive that Internalrage suggested. Before you do anything - first heed sabertooth's admonition - don't go all wild & crazy with it.
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions...
i_Xp/VistaUser
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There is no way to secure a system if one has physical access to it.
Run a live cd and take out the hard drive. See the fedora or knoppix how to's on making a custom disk. Set it to reboot after some time and be done with the deal. Could go one step farther and let it boot from a remote server to the image and take out the disk drive. Guess you could disable the usb ports too.
You could try kiosk mode, see the ms site for how to.I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.
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On a similar note to the post by XPUser above, go HERE and read up on Deepfreeze. This program takes a snapshot of your computer and every time someone hoses the OS just reboot the machine and it is reloaded as per the snapshot it took previously. Very good for classroom environment and I don't see why it would not work on a public computer.
You must be very careful if data is involved as it will be lost when the computer is booted.
Hope this helps.
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