Re: Question about Group Policies in XP.

From: Mike (Mike_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:35:09 -0800

There is an option under both Computer configuration and User configuration
(I don't remember the exact path) but you can hide the c: drive (make it
invisible) or restrict access to it. I haven't considered NTFS permissions
cause I don't know enough about it but I have converted the drives to NTFS.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> What exactly do you mean by "setting the c: drive to be hidden"?
> How did you go about hiding it? You can remove the Run command
> from the start menu easily enough but restricting access to a
> drive could (as you've already seen) have unintended
> consequences. Have you considered using NTFS permissions to
> restrict user access?
>
> --
> Nepatsfan
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4F2FF69E-176C-4DDB-8539-696110396F75@microsoft.com...
> > One thing that really screwed me up was setting the c: drive to
> > be hidden and
> > taking the Run command off the start menu. I'd like to include
> > these
> > policies under the user account but if I have to set these
> > policies up
> > logged in has administrator I won't be able to get back to the
> > c: drive or
> > c:\windows\system32\gpedit.msc. How can I do this so I can set
> > these
> > policies? Should I give the user account administrator rights
> > then set the
> > policies then take the admin right away and login again has the
> > user account?
> > That's what screwed me up initially.
> >
> > "Nepatsfan" wrote:
> >
> >> You might want to take a look here:
> >>
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293655
> >>
> >> Here's another tool you might want to consider:
> >>
> >> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> >>
> >> --
> >> Nepatsfan
> >> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CB797599-CA2B-4798-9A15-F0045CEC66D7@microsoft.com...
> >> > I'm not an expert with group policies but would like to use
> >> > it
> >> > more. I'm
> >> > trying to set up five machines with a local group policy but
> >> > have screwed up
> >> > two machines already by not being able to get gpedit.msc
> >> > because I set the
> >> > sample user configuration policy up has the user account
> >> > (user
> >> > account has
> >> > administrator rights) but in doing so the policies also
> >> > affected the
> >> > administrator account so I'm on my third machine. I
> >> > accidentally set both
> >> > local computer and user policies (didn't know I just had to
> >> > use
> >> > user
> >> > configuration) Does anyone have links to any proper
> >> > information
> >> > or
> >> > instruction on how to group policy? We're tired of using
> >> > Fortres desktop
> >> > security.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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