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| 58225 | 2002-06-29 03:27:00 | Is there anyway of disabbling right clicking of the mouse in windows 98 as it is needed at school to prevent people from deleting needed files off the start menu and it also stops people from creating new shortcuts to the C: | Brad H (738) | ||
| 58226 | 2002-06-29 10:36:00 | Yes, the easiest way is to open up the mouse and unsolder the right switch. You then have child-proof mice. This is also a useful dodge when the left switch gets a bit soft and soggy from prolongued use, just unsolder and swap the switches around. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 58227 | 2002-06-29 11:36:00 | Not in a school! Kids are quick to learn short cut key combinations and bypassing the mouse! A school I worked for did solve this problem. It may have been in profiles. A warning though. Programs such as "help" allow back door access to system files. I don't know if the network supervisor was able to block all the thousands of holes. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 58228 | 2002-06-29 12:29:00 | > Not in a school! Kids are quick to learn short cut > key combinations and bypassing the mouse! > > A school I worked for did solve this problem. It may > have been in profiles. A warning though. Programs > such as "help" allow back door access to system > files. I don't know if the network supervisor was > able to block all the thousands of holes. Well thats why you disable the keys on the keyboard :p But seriously, disabling the right mouse button won't do a lot. You can go into the control panel and change the left button to work like a right button. The only proper way is to give the students different levels of rights. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 58229 | 2002-06-29 20:53:00 | Yes JM, but if the switch is removed, and then the kids go into mouse properties and change over the settings so that the left button is now a right button, they will then be stuck in that window as there is no left button to click their way out, they will have to Alt-F4 out. So you cant win, kids will find a way to beat the system that's for sure. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 58230 | 2002-06-29 22:37:00 | First, contrary to popular opinion, one does NOT need a mouse to operate a computer! A keyboard can do most commands. Exceptions for me are - getting rid of the Microsoft "Welcome to Windows screen" and various formatting commands in an Adobe program. I could probably sort the first and sometime I intend to read the manual to sort the second. | Heather P (163) | ||
| 58231 | 2002-06-30 02:35:00 | We have disabbled the acess to the contro panel using system policy editor but without taking apart 22+ mice is there any other suggestions? |
Brad H (738) | ||
| 58232 | 2002-06-30 03:51:00 | Sorry, I don't can't help with the specifics in policies but I can make a couple of other suggestions Make the kids save their work to the server and tell them anything saved to C: might not be there tomorrow Use Ghost to image the drives. Even if you solve your current problem the odds are you're going to get hit by a virus or 2 sometime. Create a clear policy with teacher approval that anyone caught doing obnoxious things to a computer - such as downloading Doom and running it - will be banned from school computers for a set period of time. Then get the kids to sign it. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 58233 | 2002-06-30 05:12:00 | Hi. I run a Microsoft Intellimouse, with version 3.x software... the attached Properties program allows me to assign "none" to the right click function. This program could be hidden or placed in an encrypted folder to prevent it's being stumbled upon. | Greg S (201) | ||
| 58234 | 2002-06-30 06:42:00 | I think disabling any control as broad as right click functions going to do more to stop the computer from being useful than it will ever do to stop people doing things you don't want. Those who know enough to be dangerous, also know how to get straight past anything like that, although it will get in the way of those trying to use right click functions legitimately. Fact is, you need a server that is outside of reach, and the realization that from time to time you are going to have to rebuild some of the '98 machines because of the alterations, shortcuts, and cool programs that the kids will install if left poorly supervised. I worked in an internet cafe, we had similar problems there. Our solution was to have a precise image of what the working HD should be, sitting out the back. If anyone did anything that was considered to difficult to fix, we just formatted the stuffed drive, and copied the original image onto it. We also kept note of the person who stuffed it, but as they were mainly travellers there was little gained from banning those who proved untrustable. |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
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