Ms steadystate

Windows SteadyState (formerly Shared Computer Toolkit) is a discontinued freeware tool developed by Microsoft that gives administrators enhanced options for configuring shared computers, such as hard drive protection and advanced user management. It is primarily designed for use on computers shared by many people, such as internet cafes, schools, libraries, etc., in order to revert a computer to a previously stored state Learn more… Top users Synonyms 4 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers 5 votes 1 answer 1k views How do I make sure the print dialog settings are reset when Adobe Reader is closed? we operate a printshop. several terminals (winvista+ms-steadystate). set up from 1 image.lots of users and files daily. when a user leaves a terminal and quits adobe reader, strangley on some(!) ... 51 asked Mar 1, 2012 at 0:29 Duplicate Windows 7 User Profile to a new user Is there a way in Windows 7 to copy all Windows user profile information (especially desktop and UI settings, including profile picture) from an existing Windows user to a brand new user. So let's ... 95 asked Mar 22, 2013 at 0:47 1 vote 1 answer 502 views Install Windows SteadyState without an internet connection? Based on the results of this post, I'm trying to install Windows SteadyState on a bunch of computers with no internet connection (but all with legitimate copies of windows XP pro). The problem is that ... 31 asked May 12, 2010 at 15:51 0 votes 2 answers 343 views XP SteadyState and Termination on Exit I know that SteadyState is no longer supported by Microsoft, but I am faced with helping a school that has 100 XP PCs with no money to change to anything else right now — and no motivation to ... 1 asked Dec 8, 2011 at 15:18

I know that SteadyState is no longer supported by Microsoft, but I am faced with helping a school that has 100 XP PCs with no money to change to anything else right now — and no motivation to change.They have a mess of machines because they have no server. No knowledge. SteadyState is just what they need. But, after installation and setup — all which went OK — there is an issue at shutdown. The SteadyState program has to abnormally terminate with the "End this program" dialog in the "dumb" account with limited access setup for students. If I login and end another account with admin rights there's no issue. So, do you know if we have to grant the "student" account higher rights to terminate the service? And does it make any difference since we are running the disk protection and reset on logout? I could block the program access to the steady state console so that any change isn't a change? nhinkle37.6k36 gold badges142 silver badges178 bronze badges asked Dec 8, 2011 at 15:18 1 If your users have sufficient privileges to terminate the service... then they would have sufficient permissions to kill it anytime they wanted, thereby rendering steady-state useless. Honestly, as long as you're not running it on windows 7... there shouldn't be problems. If you're trying to run it in 7... give up. Switch to something like deep-freeze or returnil that actually support windows 7. If you're not running on 7... it would be better to look into the causes/reasons behind the abnormal termination... and maybe you can get that working properly instead of trying to re-invent the wheel. answered Dec 8, 2011 at 15:32 TheCompWizTheCompWiz10.9k1 gold badge24 silver badges22 bronze badges I'm going with XP Pro. Users are configured via the Steady State create user. I will investigate further why it was abnormally terminating -- it is as if the service cannot be stopped by the user created by Steady State. I looked at returnil/deep-freeze, but they are commercial and right now $$$ is very tight in lower education. jonsca4,07415 gold badges36 silver badges47 bronze badges answered Dec 9, 2011 at 14:45 You must log in to answer this question. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Ask question Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags.

I set up a Active Directory on a server machine with Windows Server 2012 and I'd like to create some users with limitations like Windows Steady State does in Windows XP (locally).Seen already the Windows SteadyState Handbook (with Windows Server 2008), but I'd like to know if anyone has tried this before, the limitations are the following:1. Prevent locked or roaming user profiles that cannot be found on the computer from logging on2. Do not cache copies of locked or roaming user profiles for users who have previously logged on to this computer3. Do not allow Windows to compute and store passwords using LAN Manager Hash values4. Do not store usernames or passwords used to log on to the Windows Live ID or the domain5. Prevent users from creating folders and files on drive C:\6. Lock profile to prevent the user from making permanent changes7. Remove the Control Panel, Printer and Network Settings from the Classic Start menu8. Remove the Favorites icon9. Remove the My Network Places icon10. Remove the Frequently Used Program list11. Remove the Shared documents folder from My Computer12. Remove control Panel icon13. Remove the Set Program Access and Defaults icon14. Remove the Network Connection(Connect To)icon15. Remove the Printers and Faxes icon16. Remove the Run icon17. Prevent access to Windows Explorer features: Folder Options, Customize Toolbar, and the Notification Area18. Prevent access to the taskbar19. Prevent access to the command prompt20. Prevent access to the registry editor21. Prevent access to the Task Manager22. Prevent access to Microsoft Management Console utilities23. Prevent users from adding or removing printers24. Prevent users from locking the computer25. Prevent password changes (also requires the Control Panel icon to be removed)26. Disable System Tools and other management programs27. Prevent users from saving files to the desktop28. Hide A Drive29. Hide B Drive30. Hide C Drive31. Prevent changes to Internet Explorer registry settings32. Empty the Temporary Internet Files folder when Internet Explorer is closed33. Remove Internet Options34. Remove General tab in Internet Options35. Remove Security tab in Internet Options36. Remove Privacy tab in Internet Options37. Remove Content tab in Internet Options38. Remove Connections tab