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This is not ideal but it worked and guaranteed a clean version each time<br />
But what we did was to setup a script so that a clean image of the PC that was made would be placed over the &quot;current&quot; state each morning at 5am<br />
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So it is back to exactly how it was when the install was finished for that machine
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Steady State is a good choice - this is the most popular of the commercial solutions<br />
<a href="http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp</a>&nbsp;<br />

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Would not it be sufficient for your purposes to put your users into Guests group?<br />

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Thank &nbsp;you all for the reply<br />
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we used Microsoft steady state before, it was good and well made,<br />
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but does Deepfreez work better ?<br />
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@ igor-1965 : but the guest account not strong enough !?!
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What do you mean &quot;the guest account not strong enough&quot;?<br />

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I mean they can create folders on C: and the desktop, and if they logoff these changes stay!<br />
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we do not want them to create any thing on the desktop and we need to delete everything on the desktop after logingoff.
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I think everything what have mentioned is not allowed to the Guests group.<br />
The Guests group grants limited access to occasional or one-time users. Once a Guest logs out, all files created by the guest is deleted.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Guests Can:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Log in and out<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Run installed applications<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Navigate through the file system<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Shut down the system<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Guests Cannot:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Do anything else.<br />
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but we have problem where students get programs that you do not need to install and just put them on C drive and start an LAN gaming!<br />
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I think Microsoft steady state is our best way to go!
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is there any special settings or a program that will help us to:<br />
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reset any changes made to windows XP and delete any files created by the users.<br />
delete cache files delete any files created on the desktop<br />
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details:<br />
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prevent users from changing any settings or theme, prevent users from creating any file or folder on C:\ or any sub folder (prevent the users from browsing any folders on c:\)<br />
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they will be able to surf the internet, use any program installed on the system and, they will be able to save files on the desktop and their USB pens (after they logoff or shutdown the PC the files on the desktop will be deleted)<br />
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we have Lenovo Ideapad S10e<br />
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how I can do that, in a simple way
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is there any special settings or a program that will help us to:

reset any changes made to windows XP and delete any files created by the users.
delete cache files delete any files created on the desktop

details:

prevent users from changing any settings or theme, prevent users from creating any file or folder on C:\ or any sub folder (prevent the users from browsing any folders on c:\)

they will be able to surf the internet, use any program installed on the system and, they will be able to save files on the desktop and their USB pens (after they logoff or shutdown the PC the files on the desktop will be deleted)

we have Lenovo Ideapad S10e

how I can do that, in a simple way

Reset clean Windows XP at logoff or restart

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.

Windows XP

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.