Need help locking down xp

[swatbat]

Hey I need help locking down xp pro. I want to pretty much block out everything but office, internet explorer, and windows media player. How do I go about configuring the rights of the user. Do I just use gpedit and if so is there any good info on it? Thanks

[Doc Holiday]

I use the NTFS permissions. First off lock down c:\ Then start locking down the *.exe's you don't want your users to run.

[El Nacho]

Install everything you want them to use in one folder (c:\dumbuser\program files) and all the other ones you dont want them to use in another set of folders. (c:\smartadmin\program files). That will make aplying user rights easier. Some things like ie, media player and other windows components wont work this way. you'll have to go and find them and manualy give them rights.

[Phoenix86]

Look at a program called deep freeze.