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More info?)
Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try next week when I get a chance to
have a mess around
W1dge
"Derek Wirch [MSFT]" <a-derekw@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> | From: "w1dge" <asdscx95@dsl.pipex.com>
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> | Subject: Disable Start Bar registry tweak?
> | Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:18:56 +0100
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> | At work we have 4 networked PCs all running W2K which run an application
> | when the user logs on. The desktop has been disabled through the
> registry
> | key NoDesktop in the users Hive as well as denying them access to the
> task
> | manager and a few others.
> |
> | However if they double left click on part of the screen that the
> application
> | does not cover, it brings up the start menu (where the mouse pointer is
> when
> | they double click) from which they can gain access to the computer we
> are
> | trying to deny them access to!
> |
> | Is there anyway to disable the start menu appearing or disabling double
> left
> | clicking on the desktop?
> |
> | I ask as we have had to reconfigure 2 of the machines as one individual
> | thought he knew a thing or 2 about computers and trashed both!
> |
> | Thanks
> |
> | W1dge
> |
> |
> |
>
> Hi W1dge,
>
> If the users of these machines are only going to be using this one
> program,
> why not make your program the default shell for Windows?
> This can be accomplished by changing one entry in the registry:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> Set the Shell value to c:\yourpath\yourapp.exe
>
> Hope this helps,
> Derek Wirch, MCSE+I (NT 4.0), MCP (Win2k)
> Microsoft Project Server Support Engineer
> Email: a-derekw@microsoft.com
> Please reply in the group, so all can benefit
>
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> about the other fellow. He may be plotting something.
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