[Drango]

Here, I use groups, put new users into a defined group, and let the server control the desktop permissions

well my server controls the desktop permissions but I may have everything locked down too tight. Remember this is a multiple user environment! Currently for example, one user who finds a great web site, can't save the favorites for another user. As a result I'm getting help request for minor trivia like setting a global permission to allow a web site like dictionary.com. I got to find a happy permission balance...

As to the printer problem, we solved it by gerryrigging the printers with 12 ft usb cables directly to the XP box AND using a command line instruction install rather than the normal printer install.

[stylin_geek]

Ughh. Windows 98 in a production environment. All of our stuff is either Win 2K or XP on a 2K domain. We run a few local printers, but sharing them is not an issue, because we have a lot of network printers set up.

As for you having things locked down to tight, consider yourself lucky, because I don't have that luxury here. People here are allowed to pretty much rampage through the domain at will. We have a some security in place, but nothing major.

In fact, the only two things that saves us is our firewall, which also does web site filtering, along with our automatic virus updates.

I know we are living on borrowed time, and at some point, something drastic will happen, and take our entire network down hard.