Re: How to block Internet Acces and Install Apps?

From: Simon Geary (simon_geary_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/19/04


Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:17:09 -0000

If you want to restrict users access to the Internet the best solution is to
use a proxy server or firewall. However, a Group Policy solution would be to
use a GPO to assign all computers a proxy server address of 127.0.0.1. This
way, when a client tries to get to the Internet they will try to use
themselves as a proxy so it wont work.

Do not include your user accounts in the local administrators group. Norton
updates will still work and I am guessing Windows Update also works when the
user is not an admin but this could be easily checked.

"boe" <boe_d@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:esJmOuY5EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Sorry, I know very little about teh group policies. Is there a way to
> override the workstations settings to prevent a domain user or group from
> browsing the Internet or limit them to a few specific sites? Also I would
> like to prevent them from installing new apps but would like them to be
> able to apply windows auto updates and norton updates.
>
> Thanks
>



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