Block software installation

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Martin Lyon

I need to set up xp pro so users can not install
additonal software. I looked in several help sections
but can not find anything.
 
If the uses do not have admin rights they won't be able to install software.
Set up their accounts as Limited accounts and not Computer Administrator
accounts.

Thanks
Jeff
 
Jeff said:
If the uses do not have admin rights they won't be able to install software.
Set up their accounts as Limited accounts and not Computer Administrator
accounts.

Thanks
Jeff
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What does it mean if I can install some software but not others. I can
install netscape, and some other things, but nothing like zonealarm and
AIM. does that mean I'm 1/2 and admin? LOL
 
There is also the option of setting up software restriction policies,
perhaps redundant, where you can define restricted program files, i.e.,
install*.exe, setup*.exe, and specifically disallow users from running these
types of files.
 
Hi Lucky

You got me curious after you mentioned that you could install some things
and not others and I went back into my system as a non-admin user to see how
it responded. I didn't try many apps but what I did try to install would
not. I was wondering right at first when it asked if I wanted to go ahead
and use the same user name of the account that I was logged in with and it
would still not let me install the program. I'm sorry I can't point to
something that I have set that makes my machine do that but I don't know
what it is.

Thanks
Jeff
 
I can get spybot to work but sometimes get an error. Also I can't load
AIM but I can use the version that comes with netscape. I can install
yahoo messenger. I cannot install my printer driver nor AOL. I'm sure
there is a commonality but I don't know what it is. I tried d/l manual
virus updates but it won't let me install them, I have to use auto
update. So there is some mystery. Of course i'm locked out of IE
windows update which I think is really stupid of an admin if you ask me.
We rarely even see them and to let us out in the field with vulnerable
computers is stupid in my opinion. What harm is there in d/l windows
updates?
 
That does seem a bit of a risk. If the admin wants control over the hardware
then they need to take care of business (updates, patches, ect.). On the
admin side though some updates, security or otherwise from Microsoft have
been known to cause much grief and a user that is not aware of that may
install them just because it is available. It sounds like in your case
though that the admin's want the responsibility for maintaining the system
so let them have it. And when something goes south and it becomes known that
a security update could have been installed to avoid the problem be sure to
let them know.

Jeff
 
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