Removing Common Administrative Tools from Users on Windows NT/2000 Workstations

You may want to remove the Common Administrative
Tools from all users on the Start Menu - > Programs ->
Administrative Tools (common) so that users have no access to these tools.
However, if you log on as local administrator, you want these tools available
to the local administrator of the workstation.
This MUST be done at each Microsoft NT/2000 Workstation.
1.
Logon as local
administrator (NOT the domain administrator account)
2.
Start->Run->
Explorer
3.
WinNT
Workstations c:\winnt\Profiles\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools(common)
Win 2000
Pro c:\documents and settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
4.
Drag and drop (move, DO
NOT copy) the subfolder Administrative Tools (common) to
C:\winnt\Profiles\Administrator or c:\documents and settings\administrator\…
(Note: DO NOT move to C:\……….\Administrator.000 since this is the profile for the domain administrators account not
the local administrator account)
5.
Repeat for each Microsoft
NT/2000 Pro Workstation . This
procedure can be used to remove other programs also.