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- From: dmittleman@misvms.bpa.arizona.edu (Daniel Mittleman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: Restricted setup...
- Message-ID: <15NOV199209031504@misvms.bpa.arizona.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 16:03:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.061922.15914@news.columbia.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov15.061922.15914@news.columbia.edu>, jel8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jason E Levine) writes...
- >I remember seeing something about this posted a while back, but...
- >
- >I was wondering what "restricted setup" features Windows has. In other
- >words, can I (and if so, how) set up Windows so that things like the Desktop
- >settings in the Control Panel cannot be modified? Or so that certain drives
- >do not show up in File Manager? Or any other restriction so that network
- >maintenance does not become a chore and a half? Thanks in advance for any
- >tips and tricks.
- >
- Norton Desktop has security features that hide drives and restrict user
- access in other ways. I would protect Desktop settings by simply
- taking that executable off the hard disk and putting it on a floppy so
- that only the holder of the floppy can make those changes.
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