Here  are some considerations to make when deciding what security options to set for your users.

• Disable Selections within Control Panel Icons - For curriculum purposes, you may want classes to be able to access certain features within control panel selections such as Display Properties, which include wallpaper, screen savers, and appearance, or other things such as date/ time, mouse speed for accessibility purposes and because of visual or motor impairments. MysaNiTy can accommodate this by allowing students access to adjust Display features without allowing access to “Settings” within Display properties.

   

  Enable Wall Paper Selection Only- Allows students to learn how to use the common wall paper function on a workstation without giving them access to the settings for the display  settings.

   

  Enable Appearance Only - Allows students to learn how to use the common functions on a workstation to change the basic size, font and clor of the Windows interface, without giving them access to the settings for the display  settings.

• Hide Selected Drives- A curriculum necessity is to teach students to manage their files and folders. MysaNiTy allows the administrator to choose which drives are visible in My Computer for the user and this normally includes the students home drive (this is mapped to each users home folder on logon) Showing select drives reduces clutter when opening up My Computer, making it easier for students to find folders and drives they do have access to.  However, be careful. If you give users access to only one drive, say, the one mapped to their home folder, you could be limiting their chance to back up their information to another source.

• Disable Right Click Context Menu- For those users with trouble visually accessing a workstation, or with difficulty remembering a sequence of steps, the context menu makes it much easier to access certain functions. Take caution in deciding to disable this feature!

• Hide Workgroup Contents in Network Neighborhood- MysaNiTy does not give the option to  hide the Network Neighborhood icon because hiding the Network Neighborhood prevents the workstation from retrieving the MysaNiTy remote desktop for this workgroup. Instead an administrator can choose to hide the contents displayed if the icon is opened. Also if the Administrator chooses to allow users to browse the network using the Network Neighborhood , each user account home folder created by MysaNiTy has it share hidden which hides it in Network Neighborhood.