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by okona1

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I've volunteered to help a number of Senior Citizens use computers. Anyone who has had to deal with someone who knows nothing about computers knows how frustrating this can be. My main problem is not with the personalities that are hard to teach, but with what they can do with the desktop arrangement. I had one 85-year-old guy overlay three toolbars that covered the whole screen. At first I had not idea this could even be done.
How can I make the WXP desktop fixed? Of course I can give them limited access but how do I configure the desktop to only open or close the selected program and not let them move, delete, or change any file or icon in their profile?

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by cg it

Disable dragging and dropping attibutes for the desktop. This will disallow users from moving Icons around the desktop.

by okona1

Well I give up! I can't find out how to do that in XP Pro. Where is the switch. Thanks

by cg it

Well, I can tell you how for a W2K machine. Don't have an XP machine on the test network to work with. For W2K it's Start,settings,task bar start menu, advanced, customize start menu advanced button, programs, start menu, administrative tools, console 1. Once the console is up you will see a bunch of admin tools for configuring what users can and can not do on the desktop, start menu, control panel, network, etc.

Hope this helps.

by cg it

well typed one sequence wrong. lets see, start, settings, task bar & start menu, advanced, customize start menu advanced button, START MENU, expand programs in the right pane, expand administrative tools,expand console 1. that will get you to the individual settings you can configure.

Again hope this helps.

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