Style change in Win2K

[dwarfer]

On my school network kids are changing the appearance of their windows and task bars. Instead of the dreary grey they are changing the colour to lilac and so on. Account restrictions prevent you from accessing anything controlling like desktop properties, does anyone have any idea how they are doing this? Thanks.

[fdv]

In 2k? Here is my best guess.

They make changes on their home machine, export a copy of the registry (maybe use a reg comparison program) and convert the resulting REG file to an INF file. Then they bring the INF file in and right-click and install it. Then they use task manager to "End Process" Explorer.exe under the Processes tab, then restart it using "New Task" under Application tab. (Or log out and log back in).

Maybe. Or maybe someone has the admin password.

Can you install an INF file without admin rights? I honestly can't recall.

[RJARRRPCGP]

On my school network kids are changing the appearance of their windows and task bars. Instead of the dreary grey they are changing the colour to lilac and so on. Account restrictions prevent you from accessing anything controlling like desktop properties, does anyone have any idea how they are doing this? Thanks.

You shoudn't have to worry. It's not Windows 3x! LOL.

You need to set up user profiles so that when they change their desktop, won't be changed when another user logs in. The ability for each user to have their own desktop style has existed since Windows 95! Get with the times!