Help locking down Windows 98

[statiatech]

I just setup a new Interent Lab with the University I work for. I have run into a few problems that I could use some input/help on. First of all the systems are public running Windows 98. I would use 2000 but I cant. I must stick with 98. Many of the users are not very good on computers and many just know enough to do plenty of damage to the OS. I have used the Windows Policies Editor to lock these systems down. It works ok but now there is a new problem. Someone is coming in and disabling the policies I have set. I have no idea how they are doing it. I suppose they could boot to floppy and undo it that way. Command promt also. I can disable both of these functions. My question is, is there something out there that can be installed on a Win98 box that can be used to really lock the systems down better? And is there other ways around the policies that have been set...maybe a key combination or something? Is there ovarall a better way using Win98?

Oh yeah...and Regedit and much of the other Windows functions have been turned off. All the students can do is surf the web and work on word documents.

Thanks

[Midknyte]

I've used a program called "deep freeze" to lock out some client computers. a lot of schools and libraries use it. it will "freeze" a configuration on a system. users can do just about anything to the system and it will be restored to the frozen state upon restart. I even deleted the windows folder just for a lark and the system came back up. it takes a bit longer to boot up than normal, but that's not too big a deal. You gotta pay for client licenses, but you can talk to your boss about it. it will save money in the long run, since you won't have to repair the software as much.

http://www.deepfreezeusa.com/

too bad you can't get win2k. the local policies have settings to lock down the system as tight as you want. unlike policy editor for win9x, you can have separate profiles for the admin and the client. it's a pain to have to undo the win9x policy in order to repair settings.

[statiatech]

Thanks for the info. Deep freeze sounds like it may do the trick. I will take a look at it.
Yeah I would much rather use Win2k but that is not an option at this time. Maybe in the future.

Thanks again.