Disabling Icon Properties (W98)

[qzl060]

Trying to lock down W98 workstations, and was successfully able to keep users from right clicking on a desktop item. HOWEVER, they are still able to hit ALT-ENTER while on an icon to get access to the icon properties, then click the 'Find Target' button to access the hard drive. I have the "NoDrives"=dword:00000004 entered in registry, and this locks out the c:\ drive once the user browses up to 'My Computer', but it starts him out in C:\ so of course he has access to EVERYTHING then!

I appreciate all your help - this has become a really HUGE issue for me.

[reghakr]

qzl060,

Try this, go to Start>Run, type:
rundll32 keyboard,disable

but first create a shortcut to
rundll32 keyboard,enable

and hide it somewhere. This only works for the currecnt session, though.

A 3rd party utility

Hacking 95 allows you to easily make some changes to your Windows 95/98 behavior and appearance. You can use it to edit Config.sys and Autoexec.bat, change your desktop wallpaper, add programs to the Startup folder and change the user and company name for your computer. You can also associate file types, show/hide the Start button, and set boot options -- including boot keys (F5, F8) and the boot menu. Hacking 95 is nothing fancy -- it offers this functionality in an interface that's as simple as can be

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There's another one called Special Keys Disabler Description: "A utility program that can enable and disable the special keys combinations in Windows 9x. It disables the special keys combinations like ctrl+alt+del and alt+tab. This program prevents the user to use those keys combinations permanently, thus preventing improper restarting or shutdown of the computer."

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reghakr

[Nilsson]

Hello,
We have the same problem. But you also need to hide/remove the Change icon button, otherwise people will be able to browse through c:...

I can't see how Reghakr's tip would work, all it did for me was to lock my keyboard, and that's not what we need. If you (qzl060) find any solution to this I would be grateful if you could mail it to me!

/Per

[POBrien]

Reghakr and I recently figured it out. It involves hacking the shell32.dll file with resource hacker. You can then remove those two options entirely. replace the old shell32.dll with the new one and your back in control again.

Their in dialog\1040\1033

click on the button to highlight and then delete it. Do the same for the other button. Then compile the file.

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[Nilsson]

Yeah, I found that, I'll give it a try. Thanks a lot, guys!