Re: Keeping a user captive in XP - restricting writes, directories, etc.

Not quite a social issue as much as an environmental issue - this is a
large corporate environment which is unfortunately in a pre-merger
state, so there are a lot of complications along the way. If it was
as simple as ensuring that all the users were not granted admin rights
or applying some policy enforcements at the domain level, I'd be a lot
better off :-(

That said - I realize that containing and cleansing the users is
somewhat kludgey, but after examining the parameters that I have to
work with (the need for a solution yesterday, unwillingness of various
administrative groups to work together towards a solution), it's the
only choice I've got.

Besides, after having the suggestion pop up in one of the calls
regarding the requirement, I'm curious more than anything. Is there
any reliable way to force a user into a very limited set of
directories?


On May 15, 9:08 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So - as I said - you are trying to fix a social issue with software. This
is a problem that needs to be fixed with policies/procedures and tangible
consequences.

As you seem to know - nothing you do - if the user has administrative
rights - will have the impact it needs. :-(

If the users have roaming profiles - you could change group policies so that
the profile is deleted after it is uploaded back to the server (when the
user logs off.)

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