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Open the GPO you want to use, and:<br />
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User Configuration -----&gt; Administrative Templates -----&gt; Desktop -----&gt; Active Desktop<br />
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All of the settings you want are in there, including one called &quot;Prohibit Changes&quot; and &quot;Prohibit Deleting Items&quot;.<br />
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Hope this helps.
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Open the GPO you want to use, and:

User Configuration -----> Administrative Templates -----> Desktop -----> Active Desktop

All of the settings you want are in there, including one called "Prohibit Changes" and "Prohibit Deleting Items".

Hope this helps.

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can someone just paste the solution here instead of me trying to figure out through the Link thread whic one is correct answer? is it a script if so can you just paste it here, if it's a GPO, can you just refer me to the settings?<br />

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can someone just paste the solution here instead of me trying to figure out through the Link thread whic one is correct answer? is it a script if so can you just paste it here, if it's a GPO, can you just refer me to the settings?


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Is there a way to prevent users within an OU, via Group Policy, &nbsp;from renaming/deleting desktop icons at their workstation? All desktops are running XP Pro. I couldn't find anything that worked. <br />
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Does anyone have a custom template that I could import?<br />
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Unfortunately, implementing mandatory profiles isn't a viable solution, and I can't script my way out of a wet paper sack.<br />
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Many thanks in advance.
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Is there a way to prevent users within an OU, via Group Policy,  from renaming/deleting desktop icons at their workstation? All desktops are running XP Pro. I couldn't find anything that worked. 

Does anyone have a custom template that I could import?

Unfortunately, implementing mandatory profiles isn't a viable solution, and I can't script my way out of a wet paper sack.

Many thanks in advance.

Prevent members of an OU from renaming/Deleting desktop icons

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).