RE: Locking down a stand-alone 2000 Server with Group Poicy

From: Meidinger Chris (chris.meidinger_at_badenit.de)
Date: 09/30/03

  • Next message: Phillip McCollum: "Re: Locking down a stand-alone 2000 Server with Group Poicy"
    To: 'Al Cook' <cookas@msn.com>, security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:52:52 +0100
    
    

    your subject line said that it is a 2000 server, are you running a server
    OS?

    you can create a mini active directory, and make an OU and add that user to
    the OU. then apply your GPOs only to that OU.

    There is no reason your computer can't be a domain, is there?

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Al Cook [mailto:cookas@msn.com]
    > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:59 PM
    > To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Locking down a stand-alone 2000 Server with Group Poicy
    >
    >
    > Apologies if this is slightly off topic, but I have a
    > stand-alone laptop
    > running windows 2000 and it will be used for training
    > external customers.
    > I've setup a user account which they will use to log in to
    > the machine and
    > run our company application. I need to ensure that this user
    > account can't
    > do anything on the laptop other than run the application.
    > Things like the
    > run command, task manager, explorer, control panel etc all
    > must be disabled.
    >
    > I was wondering what would be the best way to achieve this without
    > purchasing external software, I've played around with the
    > group policy
    > editor snap in, but all the setting then apply to the
    > administrator account
    > also. Has anyone got any suggestions, I found windows help
    > pretty confusing
    > and geared towards group policy for domains rather than stand-alone
    > machines.
    >
    > Many thanks, Al
    >
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