Re: Configured a secure account for guests

Thank you very much for the information. I will try making a new group as
you suggested, but first I will read all I can about using the Group Policy
Editor, and will look in the news group you mentioned. Then I will try to
make it. Again thanks. This is just what I need.

Dan

"Malke" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> dan wrote:
>
>> OK! I thought the guest account was the most limited. So how would I
>> setup a very limited account? I know how to setup an account, but I
>> would want a very limited one, is there an easy way to set limited
>> privileges or set it up the way I described? Thanks for your advice.
>>
>> Dan
>
> Dan, since you have XP Pro you can set very fine-grained permissions.
> Create a new user group called "twiddlers" or the like. Then create a
> user account for the main twiddler. Add this account to the twiddlers
> group and make sure that is the only group of which this user is a
> member. Then set permissions/limits on the new group with the Group
> Policy Editor (Start>Run>gpedit.msc [enter]).
>
> You need to be very careful with the EdiGroup Policytor as it is
> completely possible to lock yourself out. Look at the options, read the
> Help file, do some research. Here is a newsgroup dedicated to the Group
> Policy Editor:
>
> microsoft.public.windows.group_policy
>
> Malke
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