disable desktop saving
I would assume that this would be quite a simple piece of information to find but i appear to be struggling for some reason.
I wish to disable to users and non administrators (power users) from saving to the desktop (windows xp) because it is getting very cluttered and the users tend to forget to remove files when finished with them.
I have tried adding a reg entry (DWORD), the NoSave instruction and setting the values but this does not appear to work.
Any thoughts or ideas (surley this should be easy, right?)
FaTHoM
I wish to disable to users and non administrators (power users) from saving to the desktop (windows xp) because it is getting very cluttered and the users tend to forget to remove files when finished with them.
I have tried adding a reg entry (DWORD), the NoSave instruction and setting the values but this does not appear to work.
Any thoughts or ideas (surley this should be easy, right?)
FaTHoM
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open MMC on the XP machine under userconfig -> Admin templets -> Desktop and select the option that says do not save settings at exit
DiabloMillin's solution does not keep people from saving to the desktop, but does clean things up after they log off...depending on your situation, that might be more user-friendly while still keeping things from getting out of hand.
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the MMC option of not saving to the desktop is slighlty flawed as shortcuts are not deleted when users logoff.
Is there any other suggestions?
Is there any other suggestions?
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