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We have dedicated windows 2000 workstations we need to insure the mouse is disabled on the OS level. Is there a program out there to do this and/or what is the best approach for this?





Quickest way to do this is to use the following reg keys.

For Mouse
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Mouclass
To Disable
Change the value of "Start" from 1 to 4.
To Enable
Change back to 1

Similarily, you can do this for the keyboard under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Kbdclass.

You can change these settings via remote registry, or via script/policy. If you need absolute lock down on it, you could lock down security on that reg key so that it could not be reverted except by authorized staff.