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Local user rights
All pc's run Win XP SP2. I am a new AD Admin and I am trying to improve security on our network. Seems like the previous Admin did not care much about security. All users were users in the domain but were local administrators on their pc's. I have removed...
Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Outlook, rongaya@..., Local Admins, desktop setting, desktop, PC
Discussion threads 2007-07-05
Implement and manage Windows XP Professional user and desktop settings
This sample chapter, taken from MCSE Windows XP Professional Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-270), 2nd Edition, discusses how to implement and manage Windows XP Professional user and desktop settings. This sample chapter, taken from MCSE Windows XP Professional Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-270), 2nd Edition, discusses how...
Tags: Desktop, MCSE, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Desktop Setting, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
Book chapters 2006-02-15
XP clients in an NT domain
I recently set up an NT domain with all XP clients, but i cannot get the clients to run the login scripts. I have checked the permissions in the Netlogon folder and have verified that the script will run if i go through explorer. The group policies are...
Tags: AD User, advertisement, desktop setting, domain, domain controller, domain policy, group policy, lazzdevil@..., Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows NT Domain, Microsoft Windows XP, NT4 Domain, NT4 Domain Controller, Policy Editor, Profile Tab, windows
Q&A 2005-12-23

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Prevent users from changing hyperlinks in your Word documents
Pretty useless tipThe setting is not a document setting, but a user setting. This means that if you change it, it only applies to your desktop. If another user then opens the document and his setting is still CTRL-Click, the effect is zero!I would be interested in a working solution....
Tags: mario.brackeva@..., Microsoft Word, office, software, windows, word
Discussion threads 2007-01-16
Prevent saving onto the Desktop on XP
Hello all,Wondered if anyone could help me with this one. I am setting up PC's with restriction for users NOT save files on the desktop. Any idea how?I set up 'Limited Account' on the local PC. Iam looking to not buy any external software to accomplish this task. I am...
Tags: Desktops, muazzam.ali@..., desktop, Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2007-05-22
Setting Extend my windows desktop onto this monitor without the GUI?
Hello, I hope someone can help. I've got 6 locked down and isolated environments of 150+ machines XP Pro furthest away is 24hrs. The users don't have access to the display settings through right clicking on the desktop or through the control panel. We have dual monitors connected to an...
Tags: Monitors & displays, Desktops, jgrant_can@..., monitor, desktop, GUI, window
Discussion threads 2007-04-23
Group policy not setting
Hello, I am the administrator of a small AD site on a windows 2003 network. Recently the company decided that all user desktop wall paper would be the same with company logo. I decided to try and do this via group policy, but 1 month down the road and none...
Tags: Construction, Bob.Roy, GPO, wall paper, group policy, MAKE SURE IT
Discussion threads 2007-08-10
Lockdown Desktop
Hi all,This is more of a nuisance than a real problem. In my work of tech support, I travel around to different companies. At times, I need to get access to my office desktop from my client's PC, so I use Remote Desktop RDP to log in. This works great...
Tags: Desktops, desktop
Q&A 2005-07-29
Group Policy Desktop and Start Menu Issue
Hey all,I just created a new GP for the users group on a new server my business just bought. My problem is I dont want roaming profiles and I want to use the desktop setting from the "ALL USERS folder to be the desktop of all the users on any...
Tags: Desktops, cocobe1234@...
Discussion threads 2007-03-24
Cant save to dektop due to GPO
Howdy all, I seem to have made it so that users cannot save to their desktops in a GPO i have created.... and I cant for the life of me find the setting that enabled it! loli.e. i create a word doc under the user acct. and when i try...
Tags: GPO, POSTER
Q&A 2006-01-20
Saving a background to a profile.
I know where to save desktop icons and scripting in profiles, but where can a place a specific background for a specific user profile with no rights to do it themselves?The desktop background selection is set in the registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControlPanelDesktopWallpaper and ..WallpaperStyle.The simplest way to change the setting...
Tags: admin@..., desktop, registry, windows
Q&A 2005-09-07
Re-enable icon transparency on your desktop in Windows XP
Have you ever changed your desktop theme or just your desktop background and discovered that the text for your desktop icons is no longer transparent? Instead you now have a colored background box behind the text. If you have experienced this situation, chances are that you searched high and low...
Tags: Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Greg Shultz
Blog posts 2008-01-15
Windows 2000 Server on a Desktop
Is there any benefit of installing 2000 Server onto a desktop ?MaybeThat depends on what you want to do with it.What purpose?Run a small business/home network?Only one I can think ofIf you are playing around with Win2K Server to get ready to take one of the MS cert tests, this...
Tags: desktop, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, rmr864@..., server, windows
Discussion threads 2005-02-25
users setting
Hi, i would like to know can i and other colleague can save our own desktop settings in particular location so that when we login to other computer, we can straight away get our own setting rather than setup a new setting on that computer because of my office do...
Tags: computer
Q&A 2005-01-25
Desktop Icon??
Anyone see a red x in the top left corner of winxp pro Is it some program or active desktop setting or . My GPO won't even override it and display a bmp fileThanksSounds like a viral or spyware infection. Scan and clean for viri, trojans and malware.This question was...
Tags: info@..., windows, desktop
Q&A 2005-06-10
Characterizing and Evaluating Desktop Grids: An Empirical Study
Desktop resources are attractive for running compute-intensive distributed applications. Several systems that aggregate these resources in desktop grids have been developed. While these systems have been successfully used for many high throughput applications there has been little in-sight into the detailed temporal structure of CPU availability of desktop grid resources....
Tags: Grid, Desktop Resource, Desktops, Hardware
White papers 2007-12-01
Desktop Reminder (exe)
Desktop Reminder is a desktop tool, allowing users to change desktop wallpaper with own pictures every few minutes automatically, add once reminder, every day reminder, weekly reminder, monthly reminder, and yearly reminder. Features: Change desktop wallpaper with user's own pictures every setting value minutes automatically; Day reminder, weekly reminder, monthly...
Tags: Desktop Reminder, Desktops, Hardware
Software downloads 2005-12-30
Setting up Remote Desktop Web Connection with Vista
I have been successfully using remote desktop Web connection with Windows XP for a couple years now, and have just upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. I want to be able to remotely connect to my Vista computer when I am outside of my home network traveling. In XP...
Tags: remote desktop, mojo567@..., windows, networking, vista, Microsoft Windows Vista
Discussion threads 2007-02-26
Remote Desktop
I have installed remote desktop on my windows 2000 PC, I have tried to remote to it from my laptop but it fails to connect, I have searched google and all it says is my PC must be enabled and to do this I goto to my computers properties and...
Tags: desktop, PC, remote, remote desktop, remote tab, tim.williams@..., windows
Discussion threads 2005-10-28
Remote Desktop: Can Connect But Not Logon
I am setting up a Windows SBS2003 Domain and Remote Desktop for all the workstations. I can logon with no problems to all workstations and the server EXCEPT one. That system will connect via Remote Desktop but when I try to logon it will only let me logon remotely ONCE...
Tags: Workstations, rick@..., remote desktop, workstation, desktop
Discussion threads 2007-07-18
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