Having control over the changes that users can make to their computing environment is an important part of network administration. If you do not implement some form of user change control, you may end up spending a lot of time fixing problems that could have been avoided.
The Control Panel is the main interface for making configuration changes. With this in mind, you should consider disabling access to the Control Panel all together so users are unable to make changes after you have configured computers.
To disable the Control Panel in Windows XP:
1. Click Start and click Run.
2. Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
3. Within the Group Policy Editor, expand the following: User Configuration | Administrative
Settings | Control Panel.
4. In the details pane, double click Prohibit access to the Control Panel.
5. Click Enabled and click OK.
With this setting enabled, users will be unable to start the Control Panel or run any Control Panel items.
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