Re: Locking out student IM etc.

Hey Joe,

The link was broken. Here is another link
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/48232/48232.html

AliR.

"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:iadlr1dlbn5grjjr9v3gppok3usg9tcit3@xxxxxxxxxx
> A question came up in the last few weeks about how to write a program that
would block
> certain ports to keep students from doing IM during class time. I had
suggested that such
> mechanisms certainly already existed. Check out the Windows IT Pro
magazine for December,
> 2005, page 38. Their Grand Prize, Medium Size Business, Innovator's Award
was awarded to
> Brandon Jones (brandon.jones@xxxxxxx) for figuring out how to use a Group
Policy Object to
> manage this problem. Their Web site is www.windowsitpro.com. He has
documented his
> solution at http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/download/48232.zip
>
> So the mechanism not only exists, but is apparently built into Windows
already!
> joe
> Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
> email: newcomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.flounder.com
> MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm


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