Re: Locking Down an XP Workstation
- From: "Jeff" <jeff_and_dawn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 09:27:18 -0500
Can you step me through disabling one application? Maybe Internet Explorer
or an application that has been installed on the computer.
"Pavlov" <x@xxx> wrote in message
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> >I have an XP workstation. I want to setup a user on it, so that they can
>>only start up one program and nothing else. Can I do this in XP? If so,
>>can someone explain where I would change the person's rights?
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, it can be done on XP Professional and probably XP Home. You need to
> use the Group Policy Editor to do what you need. You can fire it up by
> going to Start > Run > mmc.exe
> That would be the Microsoft Management Console
> From there, click on "File" > Add/Remove snap-in. Click "Add" and choose
> Group Policy Object Editor. Click OK to move on.
> Expand the Local Computer Policy so that you can see Computer
> Configuration and User Configuration. These items apply policies to
> either the PC or to Users. You'll mainly want to deal with the User
> Configuration aspect of things. Go through and read all the policies.
> One thing you should understand is that Microsoft policies are counter
> intuitive. Meaning that ENABLING something DISABLES it. Experiment and
> you'll get the hang of it. Good luck.
>
> - Pavlov
>
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