I manage several computers running WinXP-Pro that the public have access to.
As you can image, everyone seems to want to experiment with someone elses
computer.
It is my understanding that there is a way to lock or disable the Regedit
functionality (prevents Regedit from being run).
Can some one walk me through this? Is this an edit of the Registry itself
or a Policy setting?
Thanks

Lexus wrote:

> I manage several computers running WinXP-Pro that the public have
> access to. As you can image, everyone seems to want to experiment with
> someone elses computer.
> It is my understanding that there is a way to lock or disable the
> Regedit functionality (prevents Regedit from being run).
> Can some one walk me through this? Is this an edit of the Registry
> itself or a Policy setting?
> Thanks

You can set very fine-grained permissions for users/user groups by using
the Group Policy Editor. Start>Run gpedit.msc [enter]

Be careful with the Group Policy Editor - it is possible to lock
yourself out. For more specific questions regarding Group Policy usage,
here's a newsgroup where you can post:

microsoft.public.windows.group_policy

Malke
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See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Windows XP Security Console. This restriction, and many others, can be managed on a per-user basis.

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Lexus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:FB5B2860-793F-405A-AFF4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I manage several computers running WinXP-Pro that the public have access to.
> As you can image, everyone seems to want to experiment with someone elses
> computer.
> It is my understanding that there is a way to lock or disable the Regedit
> functionality (prevents Regedit from being run).
> Can some one walk me through this? Is this an edit of the Registry itself
> or a Policy setting?
> Thanks