Re: WinXP desktop Security via policies
- From: Jesper <Jesper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 19:18:00 -0800
Sorry, but that is too weird. An ordinary user should not be able to install
anything for other users. Something else is going on there.
Try the shared computer toolkit. I think you'll like it.
"Kevin R. Garand" wrote:
yeah that's exactly what we thought, but it's happening. Noticed it this.
week while they were on break and we were doing upgrades.
"Jesper" <Jesper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are the kids logging on as administrators? I can't see how else they could
make things show up on add-remove programs.
I think you might find what you need in the Shared Computer Toolkit. It is
designed to lock down computers that are shared between multiple users.
You
can find more info at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx. As the
picture
on the homepage shows, it is kind of made for environments with kids. :-)
"Kevin R. Garand" wrote:
Well the reason we are using it is because we have a license with Novell
for
our server products. We are slowly moving towards the Windows world.
The
problem we are facing is we let the kids save their documents, PPT slides
etc to a storage device. Some kids have realized that if they save a
.exe
file to their storage device, and create a shortcut to that file on the
desktop "some" programs will actually run. In fact "some" show up in
Add/Remove programs and of course you cannot uninstall the application
because it is looking for E:\ which is the storage device.
We have thought about deep freeze, but it's expensive for educational
licensing. So..we are left with trying to stop them from saving to the
desktop, and so far no clues.
Thanks for responding and any help anyone can provide.
"Jesper" <Jesper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It is a bit drastic as a solution, but what I did when I discovered
that
users in my network were saving in places they shouldn't is I built a
process
for re-imaging all systems every couple of days. It only took them a
few
lost
documents before they realized that they'd better save their data where
I
told them to save it.
What is your specific problem, specifically, security problem, with
users
saving to the desktop though? It is their own desktop they are saving
to
(assuming you are using unique user accounts for each user).
BTW, how come you are using Zenworks? I know people do but I have yet
to
find out why people use that instead of just using the built-in tools
in
Windows.
"Kevin R. Garand" wrote:
Hello,
I work for a public/private highschool and we utilize the Windows
policies with Novell Zenworks to secure our desktops. One problem we
have had was the students have found that they have the ability to
save
to the desktop. The have figured out that they (students) can save
files
to their storage device and create a shortcut to that file on the
desktop. We would love to know how to stop this from working. All
workstation machines are WinXP.
I have researched and cannot find a solution to stop them from doing
so.
We use the Windows policies as I stated, and Novell's Zenworks just
pushes them out to the desktop.
If anyone has a solution, I thank you in advance.
Kevin
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