Dark Angel Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hi. I'm under WinXP Pro and many people use this computer (at work). I'd like to block access to Control Panel, screen resolution... and stuff like that. Is there an easy way to do that? Is there a program I can install that can manage this? Thanks a lot for your help, once again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 The only thing I can think of is create a limited user account and have them use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2k4b Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Limited User still has access to those settings. Try a Guest Account.... They have a program that locks this but I am at work and I can't tell you the name of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunman4life Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 When I was in school, all the computers had a program installed that blocked access to certain things (unless you opened up the program's control panel with the admin password, and disabled blocking of that feature). I don't recall what it was called though, I'll have to look into it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted May 24, 2005 Author Share Posted May 24, 2005 Yeah, my university uses the same kind of program. I'll try to contact the sytem admin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunman4life Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 You can also check out this link: http://www.download-by.net/security-and-pr...access-control/ They have some useful looking stuff there (Google search "block access to control panel winxp" will get you more links). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deverill Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Look for a utility called POLEDIT - it's great for this kind of thing. You can also do it in the XP settings but it's not easy at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TweezerMan Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I've never used it, but it sounds like what you're looking for is Win XP Pro's built-in Policy Editor. You might take a look at this MSKB article: How To Use the Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in Windows XP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted May 24, 2005 Author Share Posted May 24, 2005 Look for a utility called POLEDIT - it's great for this kind of thing. You can also do it in the XP settings but it's not easy at all. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah! That's exactly why I'm looking for a program that would do it for me. Hehe! I'll check it out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Dick Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Are you not using individual accounts? It doesn't sound like it, and that is one of the many reasons/purposes to create accounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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