- Joined
- Feb 25, 2001
- Location
- Iowa
I'm sure there are multiple solutions to this fairly broad question, so I'll just post my current situation and we'll see if anyone has any suggestions:
Currently we're in need of 4-6 "Guest PC's". We've purchased a 5-license pack of a product similar to Deep Freeze, called Centurion Guard, which seems to work well - it essentially instantly reimages the PC's upon rebooting.
My problem is how to get a unified image in the first place, and one that is sufficiently locked-down. Currently I have played around with Local Policies, however after applying ones such as removal of the command prompt, do I completely lose access to it, even from an admin account? That's what it looks like so far in testing, unless I'm not doing something right.
My other need is that users are unable to logout or lock the PC, however if I should ever need to perform maintenance on the PC's, I would most likely need to be able to logout of the "guestPC" accounts and login to an admin one.
Sorry for the long post, but I wasn't sure how else to phrase it. Thanks for any replies!
Currently we're in need of 4-6 "Guest PC's". We've purchased a 5-license pack of a product similar to Deep Freeze, called Centurion Guard, which seems to work well - it essentially instantly reimages the PC's upon rebooting.
My problem is how to get a unified image in the first place, and one that is sufficiently locked-down. Currently I have played around with Local Policies, however after applying ones such as removal of the command prompt, do I completely lose access to it, even from an admin account? That's what it looks like so far in testing, unless I'm not doing something right.
My other need is that users are unable to logout or lock the PC, however if I should ever need to perform maintenance on the PC's, I would most likely need to be able to logout of the "guestPC" accounts and login to an admin one.
Sorry for the long post, but I wasn't sure how else to phrase it. Thanks for any replies!