Okay, I'm basically a Windows guy who has occasionally messed around with a Mac. Right now, I'm trying to set up a Mac Mini running 10.4 for a computer lab environment. The users will be logging in through Active Directory, which I've already set up and got working fine.
My current challenge is that I'm trying to figure out how to modify the dock for all new users. The dock normally opens up with just Apple's programs (iTunes, Safari, QuickTime, etc.), but I want to modify that to also include things like Word and Excel. Is there any way to do that? On a PC, I'd just go to the default user profile and make changes there, but I can't find anywhere that the default user settings are stored on the Mac. The other related thing is that I want to remove System Preferences from the dock for new users... I don't want anyone to have a really easy way to mess around with the system, unless they know what they're doing.
Any thoughts?
My current challenge is that I'm trying to figure out how to modify the dock for all new users. The dock normally opens up with just Apple's programs (iTunes, Safari, QuickTime, etc.), but I want to modify that to also include things like Word and Excel. Is there any way to do that? On a PC, I'd just go to the default user profile and make changes there, but I can't find anywhere that the default user settings are stored on the Mac. The other related thing is that I want to remove System Preferences from the dock for new users... I don't want anyone to have a really easy way to mess around with the system, unless they know what they're doing.
Any thoughts?