Re: setting policies on WinXP Home

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:29:10 -0700

Policy tools are not part of, and do not run in, Home
edition. You can effect most policy based registry
setting by direct registry manipulations.
However, contrary to an earlier post, as this app does
apparently have an interactive window, I would say
that this should not run as a service.
Also, I would not buy or run and app that made me
disable any feature of my preferred user interface,
especially right click menuing.
What you should do is make a minor redesign to your
application, so that on launch a small wrapper fires up,
and this spawns off your existing app and sleeps on a
close event from its child, upon receipt of which it
cycles the spawn and sleep on close. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Jeff" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:099d01c3cee8$ea766cb0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Windows 200 allows me to set a local policy to disallow
> right-clicking.
> Any ideas as to how this can be accomplished?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If you app needs to run 24/7 then it should be running as
> a service.
> >
> >It seems a simple programmer fix to implement that
> behaviour. capture
> >WM_CLOSE etc in your app and do whatever.
> >
> >I am puzzled how does it work in windows 2000 differently!
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >-R-e-h-a-n-
> >
> >"Jeff" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:08fa01c3cedd$cbe51c70$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I know Win2k inside-out, but WinXP I'm lacking.  I'm
> >> implementing stand alone XP Home PCs to customers with
> our
> >> proprietary program set-up on them.  The #1 complaint is
> >> that they accidentally close to program (needs to run
> >> 24x7).  The users need to access the programs, but I
> need
> >> to disallow them to close the app.  Can this be
> done/how?
> >>
> >> thankyou
> >> Jeff
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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