Prevent Internet access for Guest Account

[Mr. Rick]

My 12 year old neice wants to use my computer and, while
I'm happy to let her use any of the installed apps, I
don't want her using my machine to surf the web. How do I
disable Internet access for the Guest Account?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Are you running XP Home or Pro?

 

[Mr. Ridk]

That was quick!! I'm running XP Pro, SP1 - all the latest
patches installed.

-----Original Message-----
Are you running XP Home or Pro?

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Mr. Rick" <[email protected]> wrote

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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Note: You must be running NTFS as your file system.

XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user group membership.

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419

HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874

In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE Right click this file and select Properties. Go to the Security tab. Click Add and add your niece's Username to the Security Properties sheet and then click the Deny permissions boxes, as you desire. Denying Read and Execute will prevent her from running IE on her profile.

DO NOT set Deny permissions on the Users Group. All users (regardless of account status) are members of Users.

 

[JW]

This appears to be a cut-and-paste identical response to a different problem
posted earlier titled "Made my files private and now noone can access". Or
maybe my PC is not reading the newsgroup correctly.

Note: You must be running NTFS as your file system.

XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck
Use Simple File Sharing. Now, when you right click on a drive, folder or
file (on an NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a Security
tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions based on user name or user
group membership.

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419

HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874

In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE Right click this file and select Properties. Go to
the Security tab. Click Add and add your niece's Username to the Security
Properties sheet and then click the Deny permissions boxes, as you desire.
Denying Read and Execute will prevent her from running IE on her profile.

DO NOT set Deny permissions on the Users Group. All users (regardless of
account status) are members of Users.
--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Its close, since a lot of the basic information is the same. Scroll DOWN and see the instructions specific to your niece's user account.

 

[Mr. Rick]

Worked like a charm!!!

Thank you,
Rick

-----Original Message-----
Note: You must be running NTFS as your file system.

XP PRO: In Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder

Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing. Now,
when you right click on a drive, folder or file (on an
NTFS partition) and select Properties, you'll see a
Security tab. Here you can assign or deny permissions
based on user name or user group membership.

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;308418

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;308419

HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;307874

In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\Internet

Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE Right click this file and select
Properties. Go to the Security tab. Click Add and add
your niece's Username to the Security Properties sheet
and then click the Deny permissions boxes, as you
desire. Denying Read and Execute will prevent her from
running IE on her profile.

DO NOT set Deny permissions on the Users Group. All

users (regardless of account status) are members of Users.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"Mr. Ridk" <[email protected]> wrote

in message news:[email protected]...

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're welcome