>>There are management programs that does monitoring. For the desktop issues, store the stuff on the server and then prohibit delete access. You can do all this with currently available software. No need to reinvent things.
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>The things I need to do will depend on the purpose of the PC - I will need one program to service all PCs checking the registry. I know about monitoring software but it is not specific to what we need - we are using a monitor. As for the desktop, I thought W95 used the local desktop directory for all the shortcuts? These are the things that get deleted - also I need to add/remove desktop items remotely. I am not trying to reinvent things, just make things run a bit smoother.


Not required in Win95. All our shortcuts run off the server. You should get a copy of the Win95 Resource Kit. It explains how to do this.