Re: blank password in W2K Pro workstation even when policy set

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 11/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:26:16 -0600

Sorry. See the link below though doing this only hides Control Panel or only
displays specified applets which is better than nothing and hopefully will
suffice. At least if the examine Local Security Policy they will see that is
set to compliance. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;261241&sd=tech

"kasommer" <kasommer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
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>> All I can suggest is that you try to configure Group Policy
>> to restrict access to the Control Panel as described in the link below or
>> have them upgrade to XP Pro which would be the best option. --- Steve
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> I didn't see the link. Moving to XP Pro is not an option for this
> application. It's part of a training system and has to reflect the
> deployed
> system. Since it's an outside contractor they have to pass a DSS NISPOM
> audit. The audit document was written to cover workstaion and domain
> clients. This case obviously was not tested for workstations.
>
> thanks,
> Kim