[THIN] Re: How to selectively disable the contents of the "All users" profile folder?

Thanks for that gents.
As is usually the case, I managed to find the all users folder entries in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE just after posting my query. I prefer the GPO route
though, although our domain GPOs are giving trouble at the moment. In order
to get this server farm up quickly I'm using a local GPO and overriding
selected entries using a Kix login script. If I can just kill off those
autocreating icons, I'll be a happy (but stressed) man.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Pitsch [mailto:jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 28 April 2005 12:56
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: How to selectively disable the contents of the "All
users" profile folder?


You can specify with Group Policy to not use the All Users program files.
Assign that to all users (this is done by default), then deny access to
Admins and your all set.

Jeff Pitsch

On 4/28/05, Angus Macdonald <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm just in the process of setting up my first W2K3 / MPS3 server. Our 
> main app seems very sensitive to user profile corruption so I'm 
> setting the new farm up in a semi-mandatory profile arrangement. 
> Because we already have an existing 1.8 farm and I don't want to screw 
> around with existing profiles I'm using the W2K3 ability to specify TS 
> profiles on a per-server basis, which doesn't work properly with 
> mandatory profiles, sadly. Instead, I've setup the per-server profile 
> to point to an empty folder, which forces everybody to use the 
> "Default User" profile on the server. At logoff, I use Kix to manually 
> change the profile type in the registry to mandatory, so it isn't 
> unloaded to the fileserver. This gives me a reasonable facsimile of 
> mandatory profiles without interfering with my existing farm.
> 
> However, the shortcuts in the "All users" profile are also loaded at 
> startup, adding lots of unwanted icons to users redirected start 
> menus. I don't want to just clear the folder out because 
> administrators need access to all the shortcuts. Is it possible to 
> tell W2K3 not to use the "All users" settings?
> 
> Also, my users redirected folders keep growing shortcuts for Outlook 
> Express, IE and others. I don't want these so can that "useful" 
> function be disabled as well?
> 
> Regards
> Angus
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Os ydych chi'n meddwl eich bod wedi derbyn yr e-bost yma drwy gamgymeriad rydym 
yn ymddiheuro am hyn; peidiwch os gwelwch yn dda â datgelu, anfon ymlaen, 
printio, copïo na dosbarthu gwybodaeth yn yr e-bost yma na gweithredu mewn 
unrhyw fodd drwy ddibynnu ar ei gynnwys: gwaherddir gwneud hynny'n gyfan gwbl a 
gallai fod yn anghyfreithlon. Rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr fod y neges yma wedi 
mynd ar goll cyn ei dileu.
 
Mae unrhyw safbwynt neu farn a gyflwynir yn eiddo i'r awdur ac nid ydynt o 
anghenraid yn cynrychioli safbwynt neu farn Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gogledd 
Orllewin Cymru.

Gallai cynnwys yr e-bost yma gael ei ddatgelu i'r cyhoedd o dan Gôd Bod yn 
Agored y GIG neu Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 2000.  Nid oes modd gwarantu 
cyfrinachedd y neges ac unrhyw ateb. 

Bydd y neges yma ac unrhyw ffeiliau cysylltiedig wedi cael eu gwirio gan 
feddalwedd canfod firws cyn eu trosglwyddo.  Ond rhaid i'r sawl sy'n derbyn 
wirio rhag firws ei hun cyn agor unrhyw ymgysylltiad.  Nid yw'r Ymddiriedolaeth 
yn derbyn unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am unrhyw golled neu niwed a allai gael ei achosi 
gan firws meddalwedd.


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