Users Rights Win XP??? "thehman" <thehman[ at ]ellisongroup.com> 12/17/2008 4:47:27 PM Can I set the non admin account users on my computer running XP Pro to not be able to access certain settings like the control panel, display properties services. I tried the gpedit.msc but this takes access away from admin accounts as well. I only want to restrict access to the normal users. I have set the %systemDrive% to read and execute only but I would like for the users not to be able to even open the control panel. is this possible with having a server running active directory or is active directory available on xp pro? I found the snap in for users but i'm not seeing anything about control panel access in that particular snap-in.

Re: Users Rights Win XP??? "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> 12/19/2008 7:04:31 PM thehman wrote: [Quoted Text] > Can I set the non admin account users on my computer running XP Pro > to not be able to access certain settings like the control panel, > display properties services. I tried the gpedit.msc but this takes > access away from admin > accounts as well. I only want to restrict access to the normal users. > I have set the %systemDrive% to read and execute only but I would > like for the users not to be able to even open the control panel. is > this possible with having a server running active directory or is > active directory available on xp pro? I found the snap in for users > but i'm not seeing anything about control panel access in that > particular snap-in. Hi - unless you're using Active Directory, any policy settings you put in place will affect all users (this behavior changes in Vista). For a standalone PC or workgroup PCs, check out Windows Steady State or Doug Knox's XP security console - http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm

Re: Users Rights Win XP??? "thehman" <thehman[ at ]ellisongroup.com> 12/19/2008 7:47:41 PM thats what i thought. thank you for your kind reasponse. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message news:u4altygYJHA.5520[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > thehman wrote: >> Can I set the non admin account users on my computer running XP Pro >> to not be able to access certain settings like the control panel, >> display properties services. I tried the gpedit.msc but this takes >> access away from admin >> accounts as well. I only want to restrict access to the normal users. >> I have set the %systemDrive% to read and execute only but I would >> like for the users not to be able to even open the control panel. is >> this possible with having a server running active directory or is >> active directory available on xp pro? I found the snap in for users >> but i'm not seeing anything about control panel access in that >> particular snap-in. > > Hi - unless you're using Active Directory, any policy settings you put in > place will affect all users (this behavior changes in Vista). > > For a standalone PC or workgroup PCs, check out Windows Steady State or > Doug Knox's XP security console - > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm > > >

Re: Users Rights Win XP??? "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> 12/20/2008 3:00:23 AM thehman wrote: [Quoted Text] > thats what i thought. thank you for your kind reasponse. You're most welcome. Do check out the Doug Knox console. It gets high marks. > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" > <lanwench[ at ]heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in > message news:u4altygYJHA.5520[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> thehman wrote: >>> Can I set the non admin account users on my computer running XP Pro >>> to not be able to access certain settings like the control panel, >>> display properties services. I tried the gpedit.msc but this takes >>> access away from admin >>> accounts as well. I only want to restrict access to the normal >>> users. I have set the %systemDrive% to read and execute only but I >>> would like for the users not to be able to even open the control >>> panel. is this possible with having a server running active >>> directory or is active directory available on xp pro? I found the >>> snap in for users but i'm not seeing anything about control panel >>> access in that particular snap-in. >> >> Hi - unless you're using Active Directory, any policy settings you >> put in place will affect all users (this behavior changes in Vista). >> >> For a standalone PC or workgroup PCs, check out Windows Steady State >> or Doug Knox's XP security console - >> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm