OS 10.3 - Can you lock the desktop background?

Danger DANJ · Danger DANJ #1 (**permalink**)

11-30-2005, 09:42 AM

I'd like to know if there is any way to keep someone from changing your desktop background in OSX 10.3.8. At work, myself and a co-worker are in a friendly war of changing each others backgrounds. I'd like to be able to change his, but make it so he can't change mine. I don't have Admin privileges, so I don't think there is much I can do, is there?

Biturbo V12 AMG · Biturbo V12 AMG #2 (**permalink**)

11-30-2005, 10:36 PM

the only way i know is to have admin priv. sorry. also a good tip in the war to take it to the next level. open MS word and go to auto correct change it so when every he types a word of your choice it auto corrects with what every you want it to say. a friendly example would be changing the word "the" to auto correct as "they" a unfriendly one would be having the word "the" auto correct to some profanity or phrase that i would get banned for saying here.

MacsWork · MacsWork #3 (**permalink**)

12-02-2005, 05:02 AM

You could take away your own rights to the desktop folder but you would no longer be able to save things there.

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Danger DANJ #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-30-2005, 09:42 AM I'd like to know if there is any way to keep someone from changing your desktop background in OSX 10.3.8. At work, myself and a co-worker are in a friendly war of changing each others backgrounds. I'd like to be able to change his, but make it so he can't change mine. I don't have Admin privileges, so I don't think there is much I can do, is there?
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Biturbo V12 AMG #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-30-2005, 10:36 PM the only way i know is to have admin priv. sorry. also a good tip in the war to take it to the next level. open MS word and go to auto correct change it so when every he types a word of your choice it auto corrects with what every you want it to say. a friendly example would be changing the word "the" to auto correct as "they" a unfriendly one would be having the word "the" auto correct to some profanity or phrase that i would get banned for saying here.
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