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restricting display properties in roamin

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by z_mazurc

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can anyone tell me if it is possible to restrict users from changing display properties in roaming profiles in 2000.

we are using roaming profiles on our 2000 server for customer service reps who periodically switch seats and work with Oracle. we are trying to minimize the more RAM intensive wallpapers and mouse icons that people use so that Oracle will run a little smoother.
thanks.

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by miha.pihler

There are a few ideas that come to my mind.

First is using Active Directory (of course if you have one in your environment). You can put all of your uses in to new OU (Organization Unit) and in Group Policy under User Configuration, Windows Settings, Administration Templates, Desktop, Active Desktop set policy Prohibit Changes?

Second option is to set users mandatory profiles so they will not be able to save anything on their desktop. You can do this by first setting up their desktop with all the required programs and icons, log off and then rename NTUSER.DAT to NTUSER.MAN in x:\Documents and Settings\

Regards, Mike

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