RE: Preventing update pushes from network?

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:13:50 -0800

Thank you, access to the internet is all I require so
this may be an alternative to look into.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>Hi Ted,
>
>Any laptop is a potential threat to the health and
security of the managed
>network it is connecting to. Unmanaged laptops
represent one of the
>biggest threats to secutity of corporate computing
domains. While
>administrators have no control over what you might be
running on that
>machine, they have an obligation to protect their
domain.
>
>Discuss your concerns and objectives with a network
administrator for the
>Domain. Most update technology is pushed via Active
Directory. It may be
>possible for them to provide you with limited access
(Internet for example)
>without requiring you to log into their domain.
>
>=========
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>Windows XP Security Homepage:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/security/default.asp
>
>Windows 2000 Security Homepage:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/security/default.asp
>
>Top 10 Windows Newsgroups Security Questions:
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?
url=/technet/newsgro
>ups/nodepages/sectop10.asp
>
>=========
>Paul Hayes, MCSE
>Product Support Services
>Microsoft Corporation
>pauly@online.microsoft.com
>
>--------------------
>| From: "Ted" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>| Subject: Preventing update pushes from network?
>| Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 09:42:43 -0800
>|
>| I am using my personal laptop with XP for consulting
>| work, my client is a huge fortune 500 company and does
>| updates of its desktop systems all the time.
>|
>| I want to have internet access only and do not want
them
>| to modify or update my system in anyway through their
>| network updates...How can I accomplish this?
>|
>| Thank you
>|
>
>
>.
>

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