Re: locking down terminal server

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From: Vera Noest [MVP] (Vera.Noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 10/21/04


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:28:19 -0700

No, not as far as I know.
Hiding drives is only a cosmetic feature, it doesn't provide any
security. You will have to secure the harddrive with NTFS
permissions.

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Vera Noest
MCSE,CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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"Ramon" <niese@home.nl> wrote on 21 okt 2004:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to lockdown our terminalservers in such a way so that
> users can't see the contents
> of the C: disk
> I enabeled serveral group policies:
> - Prevent access to drivers from my computer (A,B,C and D)
> - Hide these specified drives in my computer (A,B,C, and D)
>
> This works fine. The problem lies in MS-Word.
> If I go to 'Open' in word and I type C: [enter] I still can see
> the entire C:. Is there someting I can do about this??
>
> Ramon



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