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Local Lockdown on 2000 pro

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by jimmy

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I am wanting to set up a local policy that will lock down the system, allowing nothing to be saved to the local drive (except removables) or have any system changes (ie - wallpaper, screensaver, etc...)

I basically want the machine to be usable to browse the web and utilize MS Office which is installed presently, allowing the user to only save to a removable disk (floppy or zip).

I have done this through Group Policies in the past, but this time around, these are stand alone machines.

Any suggestions?

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by natebroomfield

On each PC:
Run the Microsoft Management Console by typing MMC in the Run... window.
Under the Console menu, select Add/Remove snap-in.
Click Add
Double-click on Group Policy
Click Finish
Click Close and Click OK

This will administrate policies for the local machine in the same way you did policies for networked PC's

by jon pratt

The advantage to group policy is that it can be distributed via DCs. Since these machines are standalones I would recommend that you employ a third party solution called Centurion Guard. It's a hardware device that connects to the FDD controller and COMPLETELY protects the machine from changes while in the enabled mode. A person can make any changes they want and as soon as you reboot the machine it goes back to its original state. When you want to make software updates you simply turn a key on the back of the box and it disables Centurion Guard. I prefer the use of GP when it can be centrally managed, but for standalone boxes you can't beat Centurion Guard (http://www.centuriontech.com/centurionguard.htm). I think the device costs about 70 bucks. Hope this helps. Good Luck!

by jimmy

Thanks, but additional hardware is not an option in this instance. The sales staff has already made this a done deal, and promised out the lockdown, at no additional expense, and they are not about to eat any additional costs either.

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