Guest anthonyx26 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Is there a way to make the user's desktop read-only upon login? Is this even a good idea? I just hate when users start saving all their docs to the desktop...so I figure if they can't save to the desktop this will force them save to their my docs or public folder. - anthonyx26
Guest Vera Noest [MVP] Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 Re: make desktop read only...good policy? Sure. You can use a Group Policy and redirect the desktop for all users to a custom desktop folder, which you can make read-only. User Configuration - Windows Settings - Folder Redirection Desktop My Documents Start Menu And because this is a User setting, you will also need this setting: Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Group Policy "User Group Policy loopback processing mode" - "Replace" and then apply the GPO to the OU which contains the Terminal Server. _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ "anthonyx26" <anthonyx26@gmail.com> wrote on 26 okt 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > Is there a way to make the user's desktop read-only upon login? > > Is this even a good idea? I just hate when users start saving > all their docs to the desktop...so I figure if they can't save > to the desktop this will force them save to their my docs or > public folder. > > - anthonyx26
Guest DGH Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Re: make desktop read only...good policy? To truly make EVERY part of the PC read-only you could use a product like Microsoft Steady State. This is a free download from microsoft.com that allows the user to make any changes they'd like while they are using the PC, but when the PC is rebooted it reverts back to the original configuration. I've used it in school settings, and other situations where you don't want to allow users to save ANY changes to the machine. It certainly has some significant downside in some environments, but in appropriate situations it's a really great tool. --David "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message news:Xns9B43F0EA07861veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16... > Sure. You can use a Group Policy and redirect the desktop for all > users to a custom desktop folder, which you can make read-only. > > User Configuration - Windows Settings - Folder Redirection > Desktop > My Documents > Start Menu > > And because this is a User setting, you will also need this > setting: > > Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Group > Policy > "User Group Policy loopback processing mode" - "Replace" > > and then apply the GPO to the OU which contains the Terminal > Server. > _________________________________________________________ > Vera Noest > MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server > TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net > ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ > > "anthonyx26" <anthonyx26@gmail.com> wrote on 26 okt 2008 in > microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > >> Is there a way to make the user's desktop read-only upon login? >> >> Is this even a good idea? I just hate when users start saving >> all their docs to the desktop...so I figure if they can't save >> to the desktop this will force them save to their my docs or >> public folder. >> >> - anthonyx26
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