Re: Stop files being saved to the desktop
You could always go in under Computer Configuration> Windows Settings>
Security Settings> File System... browse to a profile\desktop, and apply
List, Read, Execute permissions to it for anything less than Administrators
(and SYSTEM) (which hopefully your users are not local admins), leaving
Administrators and SYSTEM with Full Control).
HTH
Ken
"jas0n" <no@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d2ce0708e7e6aa79896ad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Is it possible to stop files being saved to the w2k desktop?
>
> Ive been having a play with mandatory profiles which work fine but I
> dont like the idea of a user being able to create/save the file to the
> desktop and then log off, reboot, shut down or have a computer crash at
> which point the file would be gone - thats potentially several hours
> lost work per incident.
>
> I tested to see if ntfs settings would be possible to make the desktop
> read/execute/list only but the settings dont stick. Tested whilst an
> ordinary profile, then renamed to .man but no go.
>
> So, is it possible via either group policy or another method.
.
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