Re: Group Policy Editor



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

ed black <edblack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
why am i not surprised that this newsgroup is not firefox friendly?

You wouldn't use Firefox to access a *newsgroup* - it's a web browser.
Thunderbird is a newsreader. Don't use the crummy web interface to access
these groups at all and you'll be a lot happier. See below.

I tried to reply to this thread in firefox and got nowhere. So here
I am in ie7 hoping I don't get the dreaded 'needs to close
encountered problem' treatment

Anyway, the 'process explorer' app

My apologies - I was in autopilot mode...sorry! It was a lot eaiser to
remember the product names before Sysinternals was absorbed into the
collective. It's actually Process *Monitor* -

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx



I don't see anything there that will allow the user to run the programs



doesn't look like it will solve
anything for me. And if I need to edit registries and write code for
the OS, I'm not going to be able to do it.

Ain't no code to write. However, you will indeed need to edit the registry
and you will indeed need to edit some NTFS permissions in the file system.



I'll spend some time looking at the registry edit tutorials and NTFS tutorials



Why can't limited accounts and guest accounts run software I install
at the admin level?

Because the people who wrote the software are lazy eedjits? What do the
developers say when you ask them? If their answer is "Make the users admins"
then tell them to go pound sand.


If I could find the link to inform the devs, then I would. It's not on
microsoft.com
When I go there it leads to some crazy connect.microsoft.com place to sign
up for some online seminars or something



If they can't install their own programs and can't run programs
installed in admin, then what good are limited and guests accounts?

There should be no"guest" enabled if you value your security, and Limited
User means just that - they *shouldn't* be installing software, etc.



You're right I shouldn't allow them to install software. I didn't know that
enabling the guest would compromise security. I'll change that.


Limited users should be able to *run* programs you installed as an admin.


Still looking for a way to do it.



I can run MS office apps and ie7 and firefox and those things, but
when I try to run a game or 3d party software, I get the 'can't
write to so and so' message.

See "eedjit" comment above.

I'm no computer programmer or IT guy, but i'd really like to use the
limited and guest accounts. Is there an 'easy' way to make it work
besides editing registries and writing code for xp media center?

Again, there's no code to write - and check out the correct Sysinternals
tool I mentioned above. Sorry for the confusion; I was multitasking.


The tool looks cool and all but I don't have the skills to understand what
to do after I see all the data.

Re your access to the groups:

Try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook
Express, rather than the pretty clunky web interface to the newsgroups. It's
a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark messages to be
watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and
search.

The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can
subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required.

The following is from a post by MVP Malke ...

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Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp
- Set Up Newsreader

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Some newsreaders for Windows
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups)
http://gravity.tbates.org/

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I know I'm a n00b in the newsgroups. I don't have the desire right now to
go any deaper.




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