Re: I need a better user model... I think...
From: Arek Iskra [MVP] (arek_nospam_at_arekiskra.com)
Date: 08/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:46:24 +0800
The only solution I can see here is to use Group Policy to deploy software
to users, removing their admin rights. However, if your software doesn't
support .msi technology you will need to get third party utility to help you
with creating packages.
-- Arek Iskra Microsoft MVP for Windows Server - Management "Jog Dial" <JogDial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EC3E71FA-4D72-4311-AE53-879FB0E34FE3@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I'm running w2k3 servers and a 2003 functional level domain. > > At the moment, I need to make all users administrators of their own PCs > and > this is turning into a nightmare as they disable administrative shares and > fiddle with their systems to no end.. installing software they shouldn't > etc > etc. > > The reason they are administrators of their own machine is that we are a > s/w > development company and they need to be able to install and run our > software > which loads device drivers ... and they need to load new versions of the > software nearly every day.. they also need to be able to load other bits > of > software on their own. > > At the moment I add them as a user on their own pc so they are a user on > the > domain and administrator of their own PC, but I desperately want to stop > this > practice. Can anyone tell me where to look for info on setting up users > so > they can install some programs, but not all? and how to let them install > one > specific device driver? but not let them disable administrative shares on > their PCs, or delete the local administrator account? And I'd like to > make > it so I don't have to add them as a user to their own PC at all... and > about > 25% of these systems are laptops. > > I'd appreciate any pointers to howto, white papers, or case studies on how > people have tackled this sort of problem. > > Thanks > > -- > If a man speaks in a woods and there is no woman there to hear him... > Is he still wrong?
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