Policy editor / group policy / poledit for Win 2K Professional

[uji]

Hi ..i have installed Win2K professional to our staffs
We want to restrict users from accessing certain icon from the win2k Professional such as control panel or network neighbourhood/display control..etc....
is there such a way (software )that we can enforce the policy ?
Our Servers are winnt 4 OS.

Thanks

 

[maggical1]

From run menu, type gpedit.msc. Under User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Desktop, enable "Hide all icons on desktop". However, the problem with this is that it applies to ALL users that logon. I'm joining this forum to see how to get around this, and have it apply only to specific users and/or groups.

 

[aberry]

Is there a way this policy can then be restricted to an individual user but across a number of machines?

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[Niavlys]

You can apply Group Policy if you have an Active Directory setup.

 

[wolluf]

If you're running an NT4 domain you can set up policy on the server for particular user, group or machine in the domain (Policy editor in administrative tools - need to create/edit the file ntconfig.pol which lives in the folder which default sharename of netlogon - \WINNT\system32\Repl\Import\Scripts normally).

 

[zghortaman]

For those who have issues resticting access - that is, it applies to all users; we had a similar issue. We found a switch that exempted the local administrator from policies. That way, we can restrict add/remove software and such for everyone but a local admin. Hope this helps!