Simple Finder and Services Preferences

When I put on simple finder, how do I shut off the services preferences? It shows up under the finder? I don't want my students changing our settings!Thank you.

Hey CentralMiddleSchool,
According to the following document, if you’re an administrator for the user’s computer, you can make changes. So, as long as your students don't have the Administrator password, you should be ok:
OS X Mountain Lion: Change preferences for a user’s simple Finder
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10747
There's more information about it here:
OS X Mountain Lion: Set up a simple desktop and Finder
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10760
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
All the best,
Delgadoh

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