restricting software installation

param_at_community.nospam
Date: 07/27/05 

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:41:56 -0500

Hi all,

We run a single Server 2003 domain running on SBS2003. What I want to do is
restrict users from installing programs on their machine. If they want to
install a program they would have to call an Admin to do it. Ideally, it
would be nice if I can have an approved list of programs that they can
install, and anything not in the list they would have to contact an admin.
Any suggestions/best practices on this? I have tried messing with the
Software Restriction Policies in the gpedit tool, but that ended up giving
all kinds of errors on the machines including error messages when Outlook
was opened. Probably because of Adobe Professional plugins that get
installed into Outlook & Office products.

thanks!

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Address Book Corrupt
    ... If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook and is its value set ... Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of Office). ... Are you getting any error messages? ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Error messages upon accessing Outlook Express
    ... >The OE error messages have been persistent since as early ... >I believe VirusScan was possibly running during the 09-20 ... Is MS Office or Outlook also installed? ... >>Did you install anything from Windows Update recently ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Installing freestanding Outlook 2007
    ... The installation process deleted Outlook 2003 to install ... I got no error messages, it looked like the install was successful. ... When I try to open Outlook, I get a pop up window "Configuring Outlook" ...
    (microsoft.public.outlook.installation)
  • Re: Email problems
    ... > I installed Microsoft Office XP Pro and now my email won't work. ... - Are you in Outlook Express when you try to send email? ... - Do you receive any error messages, and if so post the *exact* error ... - Did you install *Outlook* with your Office install? ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: ADDRESS BOOK FAILURE - UNABLE TO CREATE/SEND MAIL
    ... If so, is there a DWORD named UseOutlook and is its value set ... Outlook, even if you don't use it (can happen with the install of Office). ... > of error messages telling me that the Address Book failed ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)