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Using Group Policies And Scripting To Ensure A Consistent User Experience

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 by Michel Roth

Ren� Vester, also known as Lamersmurf from the forums and his site Nightshade.dk, has joined the team of authors at MSTerminalServices.org. In this first article he discusses how to maintain a consistent user experience using GPOs and some simple scripting.

"When it comes to locking down your terminal service users there is never an easy approach. Many users feel bound when we as IT professionals limit their possibilities in the terminal services environment. The reason for locking down the environment is easily explained and through my work with server based computing environments I have also found that there is a limit to what we should and should not lock down. We can never forget that our main purpose is to provide the users with a set of tools to allow them to do their daily duties. In this article I will try to explain some of the options we have to create a locked down, consistent but still flexible approach to a user desktop."

Read the article here.