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by john.turford Apr 10, 2003 last reply Jul 21, 2003

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Can anyone tell me a simple way to stop users installing software on PC's. I work in a school and have problems keeping students minds on their work instead of playing games.

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by q2ggirl Apr 10, 2003

I worked at school district for 5 years. We used security software called Foolproof. It has both a MAC and PC version.

http://www.smartstuff.com/index.html

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by jabbar Apr 11, 2003

You can simply put passwords for your users, and then, you just have not to allow rights installing softwares. So, if someone attempt to install a programm, there is a message "contact your administrator network"

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by f_somers Apr 14, 2003

If you have the PCs in a Windows 2000 AD domain, just install a GPO that removes the right to install software for the student accounts.

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