Re: How to Use Group Policy in XP Pro?

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:49:38 -0400

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilties, Windows XP Security Console. 

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Grant" <Grant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:30371C15-4789-4E94-A22B-AFFCD8C48BF7@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to set up a "guest" user account on my WinXP Pro machine, one where I can disable stuff like control panel, start button functions like run, search, and recent documents. 
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> I was advised to pop open the Microsoft Management Console and open the Group Policy snap-in, which has something called "Administrative Templates" that have many of the features I am looking for.
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> But if I apply any of them, they get applied to every account, including mine (which has full administrator rights).
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> How do I choose to make them only affect a guest account? Is there a better way or is Group Policy the only way to do it??