Re: Locking out student IM etc.



Thanks. I'd copied the URL out of the article without checking it.
\ joe

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:05:08 GMT, "AliR" <AliR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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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