W2K Pro Desktops

Software isntalled on a 2000 Pro desktop have a permission scheme identical to the one on servers... i.e. the program has an owner and permissions scheme.

In practice when installing SW on a 2KPro PC you should be the Administrator, if this is not possible you can change the owner later. Also you can set permissions by right clicking on folders, icons, etc. and then using the Security tab to add domain groups, passwords.

To make this manageable you really need to have some sort of a standard. I world recommend "program groups" in your domain that contain users that are allowed to run a certian application anywhere. Then when you install the application, you set this group (and adminstator) as having rights to the program.

Go into where your profiles are stores. Usually c:\documents and settings. there is a folder called all users. It includes a desktop, start menu etc. Copy the items from a profile which currently possesses the items you want into the all users folder. You can also use the folder redirection option under group policy in Active Directory to point to a standard desktop that is somewhere on your network. All you have to do is to apply to the correct OU or to the whole domain, so it affects thecorrect users.

You can use Mandatory User Profiles which is a readonly Roaming User Profile. A mandatory user profile can be assigned to groups and only an administrator can make changes.

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