Re: Locking Down workstation

If the printer does a server side installation the user can be a regular
user and if not the user can not. The link below explains more on this.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326473&Product=winxp

I am not sure about wireless which could be configured possibly with the
built in XP Zero Wireless Configuration or the utility that comes with the
network adapter. You will have to try that one out and may also want to post
in the wireless newsgroup. You can try to add the user to the local network
operators group to see if that helps at all depending on what they need to
do with the understanding that will allow the user to configure most tcp/ip
settings. You also may want to investigate Software Restriction Policies
that can be deployed via Group Policy and can apply to local administrators
also in the enforcement setting unless they figure out that they can boot
into Safe Mode to bypass SRP.

Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/rstrplcy.mspx
--- Software Restriction Policies

"nesdog" <nesdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:17C30853-8F79-415A-A34E-3189213B45B7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I've got 75 users with laptops that log onto our domain. They have always
been given local Admin rights. Now we want to lock them down, but still
allow
them to install local printers, or config home wireless. But nothing else!
(including adding browsers, apps, etc! )

Will the local Users group give them this access? When I tested it, it
appeared that only Add Network Printer was available, not the local one.
Power User seemed to get the same settings.

We had one of these machines infect our network courtesy of a user who had
too much Admin rights so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Sheldon






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