Re: locking XP from the little brats

In news:e1Antid2HHA.3760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ike <lkjl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I help an elemantry school K-5 with the computer lab they
have which has 32
XP Home computers that are part of workgroup.

They do not have enough money for full time administrator or
administrative
software or even central domain administration. so I have to
work with
whatever free time I have to help.

some kid(s) keep rotating the screen, change the wallpaper,
install
programs, and change settings.

I added a guest account, the onlyway they can login is thrue
the guest
account, administrator accounts are locked with password
changed frequently.

I disabled right click. locked the control panel, and no
display settings.
the little creeps still managed to get around it.

my question is does anyone know how could they do that.

second question is there anyway I can prevent them from
changing anything on
the computer or reset any changes after logging off.

Thanks
Ike

First off, whoever made the decision to order computers with XP
Home Edition didn't do you any favors. They may have saved the
school some money but in the end they've severely limited what
can be done in terms of security.

As for how the "little creeps" are making changes, two things
come to mind. First, have you password protected the built-in
Administrator account? In XP Home Edition, that account is only
available if you boot into Safe Mode. Second, is the BIOS
password protected? If they can enter the BIOS setup program
it's possible they've configured the computers to boot from a
CD and using any one of a number of programs are changing
administrative passwords.

You might want to consider using this program available from
Microsoft.

Windows SteadyState
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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