RE: I need some information on locking down pc's

From: Ghetti, Tim (tghetti_at_air-worldwide.com)
Date: 04/07/05

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To: "Mike Thaxton" <mthaxton@britecomputers.com>, <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

    There is an option to replace your standard gui (explorer.exe) with
    something else, (iexplorer.exe) under group policy.

    Thanks,
    Tim

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Mike Thaxton [mailto:mthaxton@britecomputers.com]
    > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 3:21 PM
    > To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: I need some information on locking down pc's
    >
    > I have the need to lockdown a pc so tight that the only thing
    > they can do is access a website, have access to media player
    > and java runtime environment. Can anybody recommend anything
    > or a way to do this on a machine.
    >
    > Thank You
    >
    > Michael Thaxton
    >
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