Hope I'm in the right Subject.
Just wanted some advice on the best way to create a desktop image for a small corporate environment, users require ms office suite and internet. I would ideally would like to lock down the desktop to prevent users from installing or downloading software.

Prevent install of software without a password
Prevent installation of software with Install-Block (http://bashsoftware.net/)


Here is another interesting link
How to restrict downloading programs with Internet Explorer (http://www.winability.com/folderguard/restrict-downloads-ie.htm)