Use Active Directory Users and Computers to create a new organizational unit (OU). Right-click the OU, click Properties, and then on the Group Policy tab, click New Policy. Edit this policy with the following settings:
[Computer Configuration\Admin Templates\System\Group Policy]
Enable the following setting:
User Group Policy loopback processing mode
[Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options]
Enable the following settings:
Do not display last user name in logon screen
Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only
Restrict floppy access to locally logged-on user only
[Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Installer]
Enable the following setting, and set it to Always:
Disable Windows Installer
Note The default setting for Disable Windows Installer prevents any non-managed applications from being installed by a non-administrator. Setting Disable Windows Installer to Always may prevent some of the newer updates from Windows Update from being applied. Therefore, we recommend that you only set Disable Windows Installer to Always if there is a specific need or an identified threat that you must address.
[User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection]
Enable the following settings:
Application Data
Desktop
My Documents
Start Menu
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer]
Enable the following settings:
Remove Map Network Drive and Disconnect Network Drive
Remove Search button from Windows Explorer
Disable Windows Explorer’s default context menu
Hides the Manage item on the Windows Explorer context menu
Hide these specified drives in My Computer (Enable this setting for A through D.)
Prevent access to drives from My Computer (Enable this setting for A through D.)
Hide Hardware Tab
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Task Scheduler]
Enable the following settings:
Prevent Task Run or End
Disable New Task Creation
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu & Taskbar]
Enable the following settings:
Disable and remove links to Windows Update
Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Disable programs on Settings Menu
Remove Network & Dial-up Connections from Start Menu
Remove Search menu from Start Menu
Remove Help menu from Start Menu
Remove Run menu from Start Menu
Add Logoff to Start Menu
Disable changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings
Disable and remove the Shut Down command or Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command
Note In Windows 2000, this setting is named Disable and remove the Shut Down command. In Windows Server 2003, this setting is named Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command.
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Desktop]
Enable the following settings:
Hide My Network Places icon on desktop
Prohibit user from changing My Documents path
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel]
Enable the following setting:
Disable Control Panel
Important When you enable this setting, you prevent administrators from installing any MSI package on to the Terminal Server, even if the explicit Deny is set for the Administrator account.
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System]
Enable the following settings:
Disable the command prompt (Set Disable scripts to No)
Disable registry editing tools
[User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon/Logoff]
Enable the following settings:
Disable Task Manager
Disable Lock Computer
For more information about how to lock down Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Sessions, visit the following Web site:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7f272fff-9a6e-40c7-b64e-7920e6ae6a0d&DisplayLang=en (https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7f272fff-9a6e-40c7-b64e-7920e6ae6a0d&DisplayLang=en)
The Dsacls.exe tool
Dsacls.exe is a command-line tool that you can use to query the security attributes and to change permissions and security attributes of Active Directory objects. It is the command-line equivalent of the Security tab in the Windows Active Directory snap-in tools such as Active Directory Users and Computers and Active Directory Sites and Services. You can use Dsacls.exe to lock out Terminal Services end-users from files and folders on a Windows Server 2003-based computer or a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer.
For more information about how to use the Dsacls.exe tool (Dsacls.exe) to manage access control lists (ACLs) for directory services in Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
281146 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/281146/ ) How to use Dsacls.exe in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000
