[K12OSN] desktop.ini

[Kevin Verheyen]

This looks like the right key to adapt.

Turn off user tracking

Administrative Template: System
Policy Node: USER
Policy Path: Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar

Supported On: At least Microsoft Windows 2000

Help/Explain Text: Disables user tracking. This setting prevents the  
system from tracking the programs users run, the paths they navigate,  
and the documents they open. The system uses this information to  
customize Windows features, such as personalized menus. If you enable  
this setting, the system does not track these user actions. The  
system disables customized features that require user tracking  
information, including personalized menus. Also, see the Turn off  
personalized menus setting.

Registry Settings: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion 
\Policies\Explorer!NoInstrumentation

I'll test this puppy out to see if it works to script this.


Kevin


Op 12-aug-05, om 20:51 heeft Kevin Verheyen het volgende geschreven:

> And are those steps evt. scriptable?
>
> Kevin
>
> Op 12-aug-05, om 17:49 heeft Rusty Pywtorak het volgende geschreven:
>
>
>> Mickeysoft refers to this as 'user tracking.' Others have referred  
>> to it
>> as a form of spyware. Irregardless, it can be disabled by editing the
>> local security policy.
>>
>> To do this, go to an XP machine and run gpedit.msc. Then navigate
>> through User configuration / Adminstrative Templates / Start Menu and
>> Taskbar. In there you will see the item "Turn off user tracking." You
>> want to enable it.
>>
>> Note that enabling the policy will not delete any existing  
>> desktop.ini
>> files. It merely prevents them from being created when a new  
>> profile is
>> generated.
>>
>> Also note that this setting only applies to a single PC. You  
>> either have
>> to make the same change at every XP machine manually or from active
>> directory deploy a group policy object.
>>
>> Rusty Pywtorak
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
>> Behalf Of Kevin Verheyen
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:09 PM
>> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] desktop.ini
>>
>> One more question:
>>
>> Is there a way to prevent them from being created, without getting
>> errors on the window$ side?
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
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