Re: How Lock Down Desktop

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"Mike Fox" <mikefox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uvgv715vphihrka5ockvqp5d76ses6dom1@xxxxxxxxxx
>I live in a retirement home where there's a computer room for the
> residents. I'm one of three with administrator privileges. We have
> several user groups with limited privileges, but this doesn't stop
> the litte 'dears' from always changing the desktop icons around and
> making everybody else mad. Is there a way to lock down the desktop
> so that the only thing the 'dears' will be able to do is launch
> applcations, , e.g. Internet Explorer, games, email browser?
>
> We're running Win XP Pro.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
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