Removing Admin Menu Items like User Preferences

[kidcardboard]

Is there a way to remove My Preferences from the admin menu without having to resort to javascript or hacking..err..umm... modifying the core?

[Wishbone]

Why?

[kidcardboard]

I know this seems like an odd request but we give a client a password that we use it aswell so we can log in as them and troubleshoot whatever backend issues they are having. Most clients are good with this, but certain clients need to have the majority of their crayons taken away.

[Wishbone]

I see.. Aside from my admin accounts I tend to also create my own test account with the same permissions as the client's account for just this purpose. I've never seen a case when I couldn't debug because I wasn't actually the same account as the user.

I don't like to give clients passwords that they can't change, though I do suggest that they use a secure password.

[kidcardboard]

I suppose the test account wouldn't be a bad idea. It's not that we don't want them to be able to change their password (they can still use the forgot password on the login page) we just don't want them to be able to change it for the sake of changing it.