How to disable access for certain users??

Hi All,
Can i get some advice on how to disable access to control panel, display properties etc for certain users?

Background is i'm setting up a network for a school were we will be running a number of systems with a basic file server. What i would like to do is to restrict access to the control panel etc for the students so they can't change settings etc Can someone please advise?

Regards

Philo

Hi,
Thanx for your response. The OS will be XP Pro. I know in Xp you can seup restricted accounts but i'm not sure if it allows you to stop access to control panel, display properties etc.

You can get third party software to disable these features or edit the reg but i don't wanna go that way.

Regards

Phil

Hi,
I set up the limited account and it does restrict some features, but not on the scale i require. All school and public access computers e.g internet cafes have these strict or limited access.

maybe someone can point me in the right direction


Regards

Phil

What kind of network are you using?
If your running domain controllors you can set up restrictions using group policy editor. When the student/person logs in the computer will read their group policy and apply all the settings for that login. You can restrict to your hearts content with GP.
If you run group policy on the stand alone machince it will effect every account, including the admin account. I tried this at my school to restrict the students access. Was more of a pain when I had to fix the computer and had to reenable all the stuff I needed then disable it again when I was done. Eventually just gave up.
Now that the school is switching over to a windows network hopefully the network admins will put some restriction on the accounts.