Giving W7 Users Ability to Create Desktop Shortcuts etc.

Hi, my employers (UK NHS Trust) are finally rolling out W7 on clients to replace XP.
So I asked ourIT to uprage my laptop OS, which the did.  However on first use I found none of my keyboard shortcust where working and I was unable to create new one :-)
SO I asked them to reapply my existing privileges to my new OS.  They said they couldn't because of IG issues and I had to submit a business case form to our Information Governance team <sigh>
Question: can a W7 end user be granted the ability to created keyboard shortcuts without having to grant s/he (me) full PC admin rights?
THanks
Trevor

Hi,
Is that user a local user? Based on my experience, you need to create a group policy MSC file for that user and apply Local Group Policies to that specific user. More detailed information, please refer to the link below:
Windows 7: Group Policy - Apply to a Specific User or Group (Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Please make
sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any suggestions from the above link.)
After that, open this MSC file, expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and Windows Explorer. In the right pane, double-click on "Turn off Windows + X hotkeys" to edit it, and then select Disabled, click OK and then restart
the computer to apply.
In addition, since it is related to Windows 7, I also recommend you to ask in the forum below for further assistance:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/home?category=w7itpro
Best regards,
Susie

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