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How to remove Tools Menu from IE or remove Read News option

 
 
Zeke Smith
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      13th Aug 2003
I am trying to lock down my XP desktops. I have locked down all other IE
options using group policy, however, I cant find a way to remove the TOOLS
Menu option. This is important because anyone can run Outlook Express Read
News and I must disable this option. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Zeke


 
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Zeke Smith
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      13th Aug 2003
I have done that and the users are prevented from running Outlook
express(msimn.exe), but the tools menu, read news option calls an applet to
run. It does not call the msnmn.exe file which is the full blown Outlook
express.

I need to disable the Tools menu completely or the Read News option.

Thanks


"Robert Cohen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e$(E-Mail Removed)...
> why don't you prohibit use of Outlook Express through GP?
>
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> Robert Cohen
> A legend in his own mind
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> "Zeke Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am trying to lock down my XP desktops. I have locked down all other

IE
> > options using group policy, however, I cant find a way to remove the

TOOLS
> > Menu option. This is important because anyone can run Outlook Express

> Read
> > News and I must disable this option. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Zeke
> >
> >

>
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Robert Cohen
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      13th Aug 2003
just throwing up an idea, but how about disabling:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" "/newsonly"

that is what I have my desktop icon set to so to open up just OE news. Next
time I go on my server though I will see if there are other methods in GP to
disable the tools menu.

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Robert Cohen
A legend in his own mind
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"Zeke Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have done that and the users are prevented from running Outlook
> express(msimn.exe), but the tools menu, read news option calls an applet

to
> run. It does not call the msnmn.exe file which is the full blown Outlook
> express.
>
> I need to disable the Tools menu completely or the Read News option.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Robert Cohen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:e$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > why don't you prohibit use of Outlook Express through GP?
> >
> > --
> > Robert Cohen
> > A legend in his own mind
> > --
> >
> > "Zeke Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I am trying to lock down my XP desktops. I have locked down all other

> IE
> > > options using group policy, however, I cant find a way to remove the

> TOOLS
> > > Menu option. This is important because anyone can run Outlook Express

> > Read
> > > News and I must disable this option. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Zeke
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>



 
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Zeke Smith
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      13th Aug 2003
Robert,
Thanks for the suggestion, however, I have already used NTFS security rights
to not allow any reads to msimn.exe. As I mentioned, IE is not using this
file for the newsreader, it is using an internal applet or OCX to call it
up.

Thanks.

Zeke


"Robert Cohen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> just throwing up an idea, but how about disabling:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" "/newsonly"
>
> that is what I have my desktop icon set to so to open up just OE news.

Next
> time I go on my server though I will see if there are other methods in GP

to
> disable the tools menu.
>
> --
> Robert Cohen
> A legend in his own mind
> --
>
> "Zeke Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have done that and the users are prevented from running Outlook
> > express(msimn.exe), but the tools menu, read news option calls an applet

> to
> > run. It does not call the msnmn.exe file which is the full blown

Outlook
> > express.
> >
> > I need to disable the Tools menu completely or the Read News option.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > "Robert Cohen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:e$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > why don't you prohibit use of Outlook Express through GP?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Cohen
> > > A legend in his own mind
> > > --
> > >
> > > "Zeke Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > I am trying to lock down my XP desktops. I have locked down all

other
> > IE
> > > > options using group policy, however, I cant find a way to remove the

> > TOOLS
> > > > Menu option. This is important because anyone can run Outlook

Express
> > > Read
> > > > News and I must disable this option. Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Zeke
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>



 
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