How can a remove a Built-in icon from my users desktop?

[SepMan76]

How can I remove one of the standard Windows icons from a user's desktop? ("My Computer","My Docs", "My Network Places", and "Recycling Bin&quot

I only want them to see one thing on their desktop, the shortcut to our inhouse program.

I would also like to remove everything but "LogOff" from the start menu.

I am more interested in how to do this using a group policy so if I add a new user, the user is already configured.

Thanks in advance for any help you give.

 

[Stevehewitt]

My God man, talk about restrictions!
Well, to my knowledge, you can't do everything you want to do. I suggest you get yourself a book from Microsoft Press (Win2k Administrators pocket consultant is good for starters) that explains GPO's. You can stop users from accessing Run, Settings, Control Panel etc. They can't screw your machine up. But I don't think you can remove everything from their desktop BUT your prog.
Try moving your program into the start - Programs folder, and remove everything from the desktop. I know you can do that. Put their machines on NTFS and give users no permissions to write/read control on the HD and you have what you want.

(How strict are you! ;-)) Steve Hewitt
IT Administrator

Windows 2000 Microsoft Certified System Engineer

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[SepMan76]

Steve, you don't know the users I am dealing with... actually I found out how to do this with Group Policies:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/management/groupsteps.asp

The only problem is the group policies do not take effect!

(See my new thread "Group Policies and File Permissions&quot

Thanks for the help Steve!

 

[sixthsense]

i think u shoul use a utility
name as tweakui
it will solve ur problem
"ttp://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1461985-100-2830963.html?tag=st.dl.10000-103-1.lst-7-1.2830963"

Kapil

Windows 2000 Microsoft Certified System Engineer