Locked down work laptop

[amnesia]

LOL - most of the PCs at my work are locked down.. you can't even right click on the desktop and change the wallpaper !

USB ports disabled, no shortcuts on the desktop, sound disabled, taskbar locked blah blah blah

 

[XmisterIS]

Our work laptops have always been very locked down, but until very recently we still had the ability to install and uninstall programs using standard Windows XP functionality (Set Program Access and Defaults).

However this was removed during a recent update, which was annoying as it was useful to be able to install some software on a temporary basis for "investigative purposes".

Is there anyway of running Windows XP install/uninstall functionality in some other way?

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