msnmsgr.exe bypasses group policy when opening hotmail

[Steve Lloyd]

Hi,

I have set group policy's on our domain to not allow msnmsgr.exe to run and
also enabled the "do not allow messenger" in both the user and computer
domain policy. This works fine if you try to launch msnmsgr from the
program menu but when someone opens hotmail, msnmsgr.exe automatically
starts... Nice touch microsoft, create administration option then ensure
your software bypasses them....

Can anyone suggest fix for this pls, prefereable one that can be centrally
managed/administered !

Thanks very much

Steve Lloyd.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Steve,

I'll have to try and reproduce this here, but what's happening is Hotmail has a built-in
permission wihin Internet Explorer to access the Messenger API, which then if not running,
automatically starts. I'll have to do some further investigation into this one.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Steve Lloyd]

Ok, i look forward to your response.

Did I mention then msnmsgr.exe is in the processes list in task manager....
gpresult shows that policy has been applied.

Thanks,

Steve.