Re: WinXp PRO Accounts and GPEDIT

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:14:22 -0400

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Windows XP Security Console. You can restrict many of the of the operating system features, while leaving the "Chris" account as an Administrator. You can even prevent "Chris" from running the Security Console to undo the changes. 

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
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"eschatonik" <usenet@eschatonik(removethis).com> wrote in message news:3A%Bc.4847$E84.2712@edtnps89...
>I just got a new laptop and this is the first time i have had XP PRO (i have
> had XP HOME and 2000 before).
> 
> I have 2 questions:
> 
> 1. I want the built-in "Administrator" account to be the Admin and "Chris"
> to be a limited user. But XP wont let me take admin priviledges away from
> "Chris", even when I am logged into the "Administrator" account ("limited
> account" is greyed out in the User Accounts control panel). I need to set up
> a third account, give it admin priviledges, and then take them away from
> "Chris" to have it the way I want it. It's like XP dosen't count
> "Administrator" and having admin priviledges. Why the need for 3 accounts?
> Is there a way around this?
> 
> 2. Even once I did that, and made "Chris" a limited account, Norton AV2004
> complains at logon about not having priviledges. Is there a way to make
> Norton AV2004 shut up, or can I give "Chris" priviledges for certain things,
> but not others, to keep the account safer? Also, is there a solid tutorial
> out there for configuring user accounts with GPEDIT? I want to customize the
> security for the limited account, but I don't want to mess with things until
> i RTFM.
> 
> OK, that's more like 3 questions. Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Chris
> 
>

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