Will it still be restricted if they move the game to another folder or try to run it from a USB ? They have applied the software restriction policies as path rules. Would this also stop them running the executables from a pen drive or another folder? Or does this block them from running regardless of where the exe resides..? OR is there some sort of wildcard *.sol.exe for example... Tim On Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 7:45 AM, Justin Salandra <jsalandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If you use a software restriction policy, renaming of sol.exe will not help > them. If you use the Hash Value as the method of blocking the software then > no matter what the file is named it will be restricted. > > > > Justin A. Salandra > > Director of Technology > > Citadel Perimeter > > 62 William Street > > New York, NY 10005 > > Office 212.931.8830 x209 > > Cell 917.455.0110 > > jsalandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Tom Clover > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:03 PM > > To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [gptalk] Gaming Restrictions > > > > I've been asked to restrict gaming at work. Here are the changes that I'm > going to start with: > > > > Keys: > > \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Start Menu > and Taskbar\Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu > > \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Restrict these programs > from being launched from help > > \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Don't run specified > Windows applications > > \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Prevent access to the > command prompt > > \User Configuration\Start Menu and Taskbar\Remove Run from the Start Menu > > > > Restricted Program List: > > winmine.exe > > spider.exe > > sol.exe > > freecell.exe > > mshearts.exe > > bckgzm.exe > > chkrzm.exe > > hrtzzm.exe > > rvsezm.exe > > shvlzm.exe > > pinball.exe > > > > This should only leave the opening of browsing the hard disk drive and > renaming sol.exe to something else. I figure if they're that desperate to > game, their going to get caught anyway. Have I missed anything that you can > think of? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tom Clover > > Desktop Support Specialist > > -- Tim Bolton *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************