On Thursday 04 August 2005 20:32, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Hi > > I am responsible for a lab of around 300 computers for graduate students. > They use Novell logins as network logins and all of them use the same local > user on the machine to log on. The machines are set up so that no settings > remain on the machine after login(previous users login data on local > machine is deleted). > > I would like to give the students a choice of choosing either MS office or > OpenOffice. My problem is to protect OpenOffice from the students. When I > am finished with the machine I want every user that log into the machine to > have the same settings I have left for them, not saving any settings the > previous logged in user has made. > > So far I have been successfull with the lockdown by removing write/modify > rights from the user in almost all the directories in the > DocumentsAndSettings\StudentUser\ApplicationData\OpenOffice\user directory. > However I don't feel this is the best way to do a lock down. Are there any > other way? It is not required that the user be able to change any settings > from the Tools|Options section. > > If I however stay with permissions on the users home directory, is there > anything that I should be watching for that might crash office? I have > found that locking the registry directory causes a freeze in OpenOffice > Writer's startup. > > I am currently testing the setup with OpenOffice 2 Beta 1974 on Windows XP > SP2 with Java 1.4.2 also on the system installed.
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