[gptalk] Re: Prevent access to USB disks and portable media drives
- From: "WATSON, BEN" <bwatson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:29:09 -0700
Thanks Darren,
I'm reading this right now. Thank you for the link.
~Ben
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:28 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Prevent access to USB disks and portable media
drives
Yes, but perfectly accessible from those lower-level platforms. Check
this out:
http://sdmsoftware.com/blog/2008/03/managing_group_policy_preferen.html
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of WATSON, BEN
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:23 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Prevent access to USB disks and portable media
drives
Hi Darren,
Are group policy preferences something new provided by Windows Server
2008? I'm not familiar with them, or I've been completely ignorant of
them in Windows Server 2003 unfortunately.
This is indeed a Windows Server 2003 R2 domain with Windows XP clients.
~Ben
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:22 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Prevent access to USB disks and portable media
drives
Ben-
Assuming these are not Vista-based systems (Vista provides this kind of
restriction capability out of the box in GP) then you can use GP
Preferences to restrict access to storage devices like these.
Darren
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of WATSON, BEN
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:17 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: [gptalk] Prevent access to USB disks and portable media drives
I have a requirement by a customer to prevent users from being able to
use USB disks on their workstations as well as preventing access to any
floppy drives, CD/DVD drives, etc. However, there will be a couple
privileged users who will need to retain access to these devices.
I found a great article with a pre-built ADM template, however it is a
computer based policy, and I require a user based policy.
Is anyone aware of a way to accomplish these using user-based policies?
Thanks,
~Ben
Other related posts:
