Re: Removing File and Print Sharing via GP

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From: Mark Ustby (maustby_at_plymouth.k12.wi.us)
Date: 08/30/04

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    Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:40:07 -0700

    Thanks for the reply. I already have the things you
    mentioned set in GP. Because of Deep Freeze, no one's
    local profile is stored for any real length of time... so
    everyone gets the Default User profile (which I have
    configured the way I want it) every day.

    I wasn't too hopeful about it being something that could
    be done, but thanks anyway.

    Mark

    >-----Original Message-----
    >Hi Mark-
    >
    >If your goal is to prevent users from sharing resources
    the only default
    >settings you could configure toward this goal would be to
    prohibit the user
    >from changing network connection properties. For
    previously created user
    >profiles with this setting this would not prevent their
    use of File and
    >Print Sharing. It would instead prevent the setting from
    being added.
    >
    >The settings are located at User Configuration-
    >Administrative
    >Templates->Network->Network Connections.
    >
    >The specific setting of "prohibit adding and removing
    components to a LAN or
    >remote access connection" may fit your need.
    >
    >The only other method that comes to mind at this moment
    on how to remove the
    >File and Printer Sharing binding on an enterprise scale
    would be via script,
    >but even that raises some interesting thoughts on
    implementation since each
    >install could be different.
    >
    >
    >Please repost and let us know if this helps or not.
    >--
    >Tim Springston
    >Microsoft Corporation
    >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
    confers no rights.
    >
    >"Mark Ustby" <maustby@plymouth.k12.wi.us> wrote in
    message
    >news:2ac301c48e95$7efb3480$a601280a@phx.gbl...
    >> We have a few XP computers that are showing up on our
    >> network... and I'm wondering if there's a way to remove
    >> File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks from these
    >> computers with Group Policy.
    >>
    >> Thanks. :)
    >
    >
    >.
    >

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