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by sleyba

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I have W98 computer that is shared in one small department. The problem is that I only want the head of the department to have access to the internet, while the others still have access to the programs they need. We have isdn running wingate that connects us to the internet. Does anyone know of a way to make it so that you need a password to sign on when you click on the internet application(something similar to a dial up connection password). I have searched the internet options with no success and do not want to use the policy editor to designate what programs can be run because that won't work is this situation. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks..........

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by curacao_dejavu

HI,

You have to check in the options of wingate.
I have found this on their KB , Don't know if this is the exactly the one you are looking for.

regards,

ps. did you consider converting the win98 to w2k. It's easier in w2k to lock to pc or certain applications.

Leopold

by sleyba

Thanks for the input, I have searched through Wingate KB and the only solution found there would not be acceptable for rest of network. W2k for all would be great but not in the budget right now. Did find a great software product for $30 that does what I needed.

by noblecomputing

I must be missing something here. Why do you have Wingate client installed on the computers that you do not want to have on the internet ?? You can use microsoft sharing for the files and uninstall the wingate on any pc's that do not need access to the internet.

by sheaandy

I think your simplest solution would be to use content advisor in I.E. and give your department head the password.

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