Limited User - Where to configure their permissions?
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From: Mike on 28 Aug 2008 15:20 Win Xp Pro. Relatively experienced user however i am stuck on the below I have 2 users admin and a limited. The limited can still install software etc. How do you change other permissions for the limited user to select exactly what they can do?. TIA
From: jaster on 28 Aug 2008 19:07 On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:20:52 +0100, Mike thoughfully wrote: > Win Xp Pro. Relatively experienced user however i am stuck on the below > > I have 2 users admin and a limited. The limited can still install > software etc. > How do you change other permissions for the limited user to select > exactly what they can do?. > TIA Interesting. They can install software that only available to that user, ie, only Admin and that user can execute that software? Otherwise that shouldn't happen. Try menu, administrative tools, local security policies, local policies, user rights assignment and security options. I use the classic style task menu but if you use category menus start at Performance and Maintenance.
From: Mike on 29 Aug 2008 10:38 On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:07:51 GMT, jaster <jaster(a)home.net> wrote: >On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:20:52 +0100, Mike thoughfully wrote: > >> Win Xp Pro. Relatively experienced user however i am stuck on the below >> >> I have 2 users admin and a limited. The limited can still install >> software etc. >> How do you change other permissions for the limited user to select >> exactly what they can do?. >> TIA > >Interesting. They can install software that only available to that user, >ie, only Admin and that user can execute that software? Otherwise that >shouldn't happen. > >Try menu, administrative tools, local security policies, local policies, >user rights assignment and security options. > >I use the classic style task menu but if you use category menus start at >Performance and Maintenance. I believe it was something like Winzip they installed. It was some software utility. I was under the impression limited users could not install anything. Thank you for the information as to where permissions are located. I have now looked their but can't see anything related to installing software. Any ideas
From: jaster on 29 Aug 2008 13:53 On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:45 +0100, Mike thoughfully wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:07:51 GMT, jaster <jaster(a)home.net> wrote: > >>On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:20:52 +0100, Mike thoughfully wrote: >> >>> Win Xp Pro. Relatively experienced user however i am stuck on the >>> below >>> >>> I have 2 users admin and a limited. The limited can still install >>> software etc. >>> How do you change other permissions for the limited user to select >>> exactly what they can do?. >>> TIA >> >>Interesting. They can install software that only available to that user, >>ie, only Admin and that user can execute that software? Otherwise that >>shouldn't happen. >> >>Try menu, administrative tools, local security policies, local policies, >>user rights assignment and security options. >> >>I use the classic style task menu but if you use category menus start at >>Performance and Maintenance. > > > I believe it was something like Winzip they installed. It was some > software utility. I was under the impression limited users could not > install anything. > > Thank you for the information as to where permissions are located. I > have now looked their but can't see anything related to installing > software. Any ideas Sorry not really. M$ assumed programs installed by users would be limited just to those users. Maybe removing the add/remove programs option from the menus or restricting appwiz.cpl to administrators? Then at least the only programs that have self installers will be installed. The option used by windows based schools is to reinstall the base configurations for users each night. That would be to overlay the users windows PC with the bootstrap version. Or you could use PCs with user partitions that could be deleted each day. Like a D:\ with a D:\windows and D:\program files so any installed programs are installed automatically to D:\program files instead C: \program files and C:\windows which have the original Windows files.
From: John Holmes on 29 Aug 2008 18:59
Mike "contributed" in alt.os.windows-xp: > Win Xp Pro. Relatively experienced user however i am stuck on the > below > > I have 2 users admin and a limited. The limited can still install > software etc. > How do you change other permissions for the limited user to select > exactly what they can do?. > TIA start > run > type gpedit.msc [enter] Look around, the setting is there somewhere. I just can't be arsed right now to point you to the specific location. -- <snip> |