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User restrictions on XP Home
Name: khalox Date: October 1, 2003 at 04:56:27 Pacific OS: Windows XP HOME CPU/Ram: Cel1700/256
Comment:
I need some help: I want the restricted user not to change the wallpaper settings and the screensaver settings. I know it can be done under Windows XP Pro via group policies, but we have only XP Home(on 15 machines). So I search for a usable trick to do this.
Name: marinebane Date: October 1, 2003 at 05:04:16 Pacific
Reply:
I am not familiar with XP Home but i have XP Pro and you just Run "gpedit.msc" (without the quotations) to run the policy editor. if that fails, go to www.winguides.com/registry and set up all the security settings you like for each user individually.
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