Group Policy: Default printer & software restriction


Hello, I've been looking for a way to do two things with Windows 2000
Group Policies:

1) Set up a group to have a specific default printer
2) Restrict access to only be allowed to execute one or two pieces of
software- I guess I could do this by restricting access to only the
desktop and have links to only the software needed (would this be the
correct approach?)

Another thing I was wondering is if I don't use Active Directory, can I
still have certain groups of users be allowed other things than other
groups of users? Or if is it that if I dont use AD I can only restrict
ALL USERS to the same policies (local policies)? It seems from the
research that I have done that if I dont use Active Directory I am
restricted to having only one general main-stream group of users where
all users are affected by the changes done in the 'group policies'
console.

Any help/input you could provide would be greatly appreciated.


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