Log off script

[Mekerei]

I work in a school that runs XP on the desktops. I would like to run a log off script that puts the desktop's settings back to what they were before the kids logged in; ie same desktop, same size icons, same pathways for the icons, printer still installed etc.

I quite off get urgent calls from teachers in the IT suite that their students can't find word, or they cant find the printer etc because the darlings before have changed the settings.

Also if the script ccould empty the recycle bin, delete cookies and temp files as well would be great.

I have only written some basic scripts for excel, so I'm just a beginner.

Thanks

[glc]

There is commercial software designed for your exact situation. I forget what it's called, but every time you reboot, it reimages the drive.

[Force Flow]

Centurian guard is one package I've seen used, though I haven't used it myself, and this was a few years ago.

Basically, you have an image on the HDD, and any changes after that are only stored in RAM. Once you reboot, those changes are gone, and you're back to your original image.

There's was also a shortcut key for unlocking the workstation and saving the changes (ie, like for updating software or whatnot).

I believe there was also a feature where there was a designated "master" image, so any changes to that would get distributed to the other workstation images.

[edit]: here's a link: http://www.centuriontech.com/products/centurionguard/

[Garyfl]

When I went to computer school the teacher used a program called "deep freeze"

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...mputer+program He dared us to mess up any computer and he could put it right back as it was when we came in the classroom. We even tried to format the hard drive but it didn't work.

[glc]

Deep Freeze is the one I was thinking of. Educational pricing is dirt cheap, about 1/3 of the corporate pricing. Figure less than $15 USD per workstation.