I hope I am not repeating any previous posting, first time here for
quite some time.

I am trying to help a friend who has a small four computer public
internet access network within another business he runs.

He is having some trouble currently with people altering settings and
generally "fiddling around" with the computers and is looking for a
freeware or cheap solution to the problem.

The network consists of a mixture of various P3 & P4 computers all with
plenty of RAM and stacks of hard disk space. The server and one other
computer runs on MS 2K Pro SP4 and there is 1 x XP Pro and 1 x XP home.

He is not currently in a financial position to carry out any upgrade to
a consistent platform of operating systems. He owns proper licences for
the above software.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Regards
Echy

Greetings from Melbourne, Australia
www.visitvictoria.com.au

IF XP is the server(?) why can't he use remote to slap restrictions on those
workstations?
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking if the above doesn't apply.


"Echy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:42a4c40e$0$26242$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I hope I am not repeating any previous posting, first time here for
> quite some time.
>
> I am trying to help a friend who has a small four computer public
> internet access network within another business he runs.
>
> He is having some trouble currently with people altering settings and
> generally "fiddling around" with the computers and is looking for a
> freeware or cheap solution to the problem.
>
> The network consists of a mixture of various P3 & P4 computers all with
> plenty of RAM and stacks of hard disk space. The server and one other
> computer runs on MS 2K Pro SP4 and there is 1 x XP Pro and 1 x XP home.
>
> He is not currently in a financial position to carry out any upgrade to
> a consistent platform of operating systems. He owns proper licences for
> the above software.
>
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> Regards
> Echy
>
> Greetings from Melbourne, Australia
> www.visitvictoria.com.au
>

Helen wrote:
> IF XP is the server(?) why can't he use remote to slap restrictions on those
> workstations?
> I'm not sure I understand what you're asking if the above doesn't apply.
>
>
> "Echy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:42a4c40e$0$26242$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I hope I am not repeating any previous posting, first time here for
>>quite some time.
>>
>>I am trying to help a friend who has a small four computer public
>>internet access network within another business he runs.
>>
>>He is having some trouble currently with people altering settings and
>>generally "fiddling around" with the computers and is looking for a
>>freeware or cheap solution to the problem.
>>
>>The network consists of a mixture of various P3 & P4 computers all with
>>plenty of RAM and stacks of hard disk space. The server and one other
>>computer runs on MS 2K Pro SP4 and there is 1 x XP Pro and 1 x XP home.
>>
>>He is not currently in a financial position to carry out any upgrade to
>>a consistent platform of operating systems. He owns proper licences for
>>the above software.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be helpful.
>>
>>Regards
>>Echy
>>
>>Greetings from Melbourne, Australia
>>www.visitvictoria.com.au
>>
>
>
>

The server uses MS Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4.

Regards
Echy

>> IF XP is the server(?) why can't he use remote to slap restrictions on
>> those workstations?
>> I'm not sure I understand what you're asking if the above doesn't
>> apply.


> The server uses MS Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4.


Win2K you can set restrictions

Bebop & Rocksteady wrote:
>>>IF XP is the server(?) why can't he use remote to slap restrictions on
>>>those workstations?
>>>I'm not sure I understand what you're asking if the above doesn't
>>>apply.
>
>
>
>>The server uses MS Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4.
>
>
>
> Win2K you can set restrictions

Thanks for that. Will take a look at the help for this.

On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:59:27 +1000, Echy <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Bebop & Rocksteady wrote:
>> Win2K you can set restrictions
>
>Thanks for that. Will take a look at the help for this.

The Public Access Computing Security Tool will make the job easier.
You can get it from:
http://pacomputing.webjunction.org/d...ontent?id=7593
Combine it with Trust-No-Exe available at:
http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions...ust-no-exe.htm
and you have a pretty secure system.

In article <42a4c40e$0$26242$(E-Mail Removed)>, Echy
says...
> I hope I am not repeating any previous posting, first time here for
> quite some time.
>
> I am trying to help a friend who has a small four computer public
> internet access network within another business he runs.
>
> He is having some trouble currently with people altering settings and
> generally "fiddling around" with the computers and is looking for a
> freeware or cheap solution to the problem.
>
> The network consists of a mixture of various P3 & P4 computers all with
> plenty of RAM and stacks of hard disk space. The server and one other
> computer runs on MS 2K Pro SP4 and there is 1 x XP Pro and 1 x XP home.
>
> He is not currently in a financial position to carry out any upgrade to
> a consistent platform of operating systems. He owns proper licences for
> the above software.
>
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
Firstly bring out an addition to their contract making "Unauthorised
alterations to computer configuration" a dismissable offence.

Secondly alter the user accounts so that they can't do this by making
them ordinary users instead of administrators.


--
Conor


"Be incomprehensible. If they can't understand, they can't disagree"