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by brianbooher

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Hello everyone,

I need some help with a problem I have at work.

We have 5 computers that are used as kiosks for shop floor workers to be able to check their email and log in worked hours on machines they work on.
We have shortcuts to Excel spreadsheets on each kiosk that are put into the All Users folder. these machines are Windows XP Pro.

The problem I am facing is that some people log into the machine and see the icons on their desktop and delete them. This of course deletes the icons for everyone else.

I would like to know if there is a way to lock down these icons from being deleted or do an automatic restore of the icons when a user logs in.

There are too many people who log into the machines to put the icons on each profile, since some don't want them.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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by swhymark

I use a proggie called Deepfreeze at the College where I work. It doesn't 'lock' stuff down in the sense that it can't be moved, but it returns the desktop (well the whole PC) back to it's original state after a reboot. This allows for people to have the freedom to do whatever they want in their own area, but not affect anyone else. Check it out at http://www.faronics.com very rarely do I have to visit my student PCs.

Steve.

by rkuhn040172

It's free and basically does the same thing as Deep Freeze.

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