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Desktop Icons - school enviroment

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jasonb007

Flightless Bird
Hi,

We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP pro
and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
(mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons, moving
them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the above
happening !

Many thanks.
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4FC81DA6-875B-4034-A6C1-C561A493AA1B@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP pro
> and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
> (mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons, moving
> them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the
> above
> happening !
>
> Many thanks.

Try DeepFreeze: http://www.deepfreeze.net/index.asp?pg=support
 
D

db

Flightless Bird
hello pegasus,

I was curious about
the program you recommended
but I get a 404 error in my
browser.

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
- Systems Analyst
- Database Developer
- Accountancy
- Veteran of the Armed Forces
- Microsoft Partner
- @hotmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen

>
>

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:#XgfUL1zKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>
> "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4FC81DA6-875B-4034-A6C1-C561A493AA1B@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP pro
>> and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
>> (mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons, moving
>> them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the above
>> happening !
>>
>> Many thanks.
>
> Try DeepFreeze: http://www.deepfreeze.net/index.asp?pg=support
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
I think my notes were wrong. It's SteadyState -
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

"db" <databaseben at hotmail dot com> wrote in message
news:eqzt0W1zKHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> hello pegasus,
>
> I was curious about
> the program you recommended
> but I get a 404 error in my
> browser.
>
> --
>
> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
> - Systems Analyst
> - Database Developer
> - Accountancy
> - Veteran of the Armed Forces
> - Microsoft Partner
> - @hotmail.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen
>
>>
>>
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:#XgfUL1zKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4FC81DA6-875B-4034-A6C1-C561A493AA1B@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP
>>> pro
>>> and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
>>> (mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons,
>>> moving
>>> them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the
>>> above
>>> happening !
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Try DeepFreeze: http://www.deepfreeze.net/index.asp?pg=support
>
 
D

db

Flightless Bird
it happens to all
of us.

:)
--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
- Systems Analyst
- Database Developer
- Accountancy
- Veteran of the Armed Forces
- Microsoft Partner
- @hotmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen

>
>

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:-Oe3tHb1zKHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I think my notes were wrong. It's SteadyState - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx
>
> "db" <databaseben at hotmail dot com> wrote in message news:eqzt0W1zKHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> hello pegasus,
>>
>> I was curious about
>> the program you recommended
>> but I get a 404 error in my
>> browser.
>>
>> --
>>
>> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
>> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
>> - Systems Analyst
>> - Database Developer
>> - Accountancy
>> - Veteran of the Armed Forces
>> - Microsoft Partner
>> - @hotmail.com
>> ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen
>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:#XgfUL1zKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>> "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4FC81DA6-875B-4034-A6C1-C561A493AA1B@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP pro
>>>> and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
>>>> (mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons, moving
>>>> them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the above
>>>> happening !
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>>> Try DeepFreeze: http://www.deepfreeze.net/index.asp?pg=support
>>
 
A

Anna

Flightless Bird

>> "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4FC81DA6-875B-4034-A6C1-C561A493AA1B@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP
>>> pro
>>> and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
>>> (mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons,
>>> moving
>>> them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the
>>> above
>>> happening !
>>>
>>> Many thanks.


> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:#XgfUL1zKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Try DeepFreeze...


Jason...
The Deep Freeze program recommended by Pegasus is practically the "industry
standard" in situations similar to yours. See http://www.faronics.com
Note the developer has various editions available together with
trial/evaluation editions. It's worth looking into.

While I don't think it would apply in your environment because you mention
the PC users are mainly children, another system used is to provide each
user with their own removable HDD so that any changes to the OS,
configurations, etc. that the user could make would be *only* confined to
that specific drive/system. This latter system has been used to good effect
in a couple of community colleges where I've taught. Naturally the basic
system has to be set up to accommodate removable HDDs.
Anna
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Windows SteadyState
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570

jasonb007 wrote:
> We have a large number of laptops in a school which are all running XP pro
> and run as standalone systems with various programs on them. The users
> (mainly children) have a habit of deleteing desktop program icons, moving
> them around and renaming them ! What's the best way to prevent all the
> above
> happening !
 
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