Re: Access to CDROM

From: Buz [MSFT] (buzb_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/29/03


Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:12:21 -0500


Take a look at the following articles for more information on this topic.

158457 Defining Local and Remote Drive Visibility Under Windows NT 4.0 or
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=158457

231289 Using Group Policy Objects to Hide Specified Drives in My Computer
for
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231289

143164 INF: How to Protect Windows NT Desktops in Public Areas
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=143164

Buz Brodin
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"David" <dbrooks@unch.unc.edu> wrote in message
news:052101c3cc81$546b9510$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a number of PCs that have a group user ID that
> don't have permissions to load software or use the CD
> Drive. I would like users to be able to use the CD Drive
> but not allow installation of software from the drive.
> How can I do this?



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