Re: locking XP from the little brats

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

In news:upk93be2HHA.1212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ike <lkjl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Nepatsfan.
the built-in admin is password protected and BIOS has a
password.
Thank you for telling me about the steady state. looking at
the features
makes it sound like a useful program.

Ike


"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OjjQS5d2HHA.5360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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