XP Pro restrictions

[Bachinat0r]

can someone give me some insite on this??? i am running xp pro...a few stand alone pc's that aren't connect to a domain. there is one admin account on each machine (me) and many limited accounts...i would like to take it a step further and make it so these limited accounts don't have access to many windows features...such as the start menu, my computer, display settings...how can i do this without installing a 3rd party software? thanks for any replies!

 

[kippy13]

Hi,
Try here:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/winxpgpe.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...et/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/del_edit.asp

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923

 

[bcastner]

As kippy13 noted, Group Policy will allow you to do much of what you wanted.

You need one other element: a default user profile.

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q305/7/09.asp&NoWebContent=1

Then make it mandatory:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307800

 

[Jluvs2dive]

I have a similar question. I have some stand-alone XP Pro machines that I want to lock-down, except the Admin account. How do you use Group Policy Editor to only affect certain accounts, and not the administrator account? I have tried, but any changes I make on the policy also carry over on the Admin account. What am I missing?

Thanks,
John