Re: Standalone Security

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 12/20/02


From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 00:30:13 -0700

In a standalone local policy can only be used to
control all accounts. If you study deeply you will
find that the Guest account when logged in locally
has membership in the Users group, so there is no
real advantage in using the Guest account for this.

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA,  MCSE both
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Robin Lent" <fao.adminandcentralservices.wcc@dial.pipex.com> wrote in
message news:#JJktW4pCHA.1980@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> I have a WindowsXP PC that we would like to use as an intranet, internal,
> only access point.  I have not got this joined to the domain as we do not
> want to have logon ID's required to use the PC.
>
> Is there a way of locking XP down so that the Guest account can only run
> Internet Explorer??  I.e. I need to be able to remove the run command,
> access to the control panel etc for the Guest account.  Can this be done?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robin.
>
>


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