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Posted by: Qarl Jun 17 2005, 01:43 PM

Is there a software application that I can install on my employees computers that allow me to

Lock their desktop settings.

For example, I want to...

1. Lock the resolution
2. Lock the wallpaper
3. Lock the screensaver, time frame, and resume password protect feature.

I have set our employees PCs the way they need to be for HIPAA security reasons, and they keep turning off the screen saver because it is too inconvenient for them.

Thanks,

Qarl

Posted by: mharrison Jun 17 2005, 01:49 PM

If you are setup in a domain, you can use group policy to push these changes out to the workstation. It differs a little from an NT4 domain to Active Directory (2000 or 2003) but both are easily done.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/management/grouppolwp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/csws2003.mspx

Are you running NT4 domain? If so we can do that too. Just post it here and I'll put a link up for you.

Posted by: Qarl Jun 17 2005, 02:08 PM

Unfortunately...no domain.

Just peer-to-peer work group.

Posted by: Qarl Jun 17 2005, 02:18 PM

I just found a little app to take care of it all...

Muhahahahahah!

http://www.codeproject.com/system/SysUtil.asp

Thanks!