[THIN] Re: Locked down published desktop
- From: "Jan Broucinek" <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:49:58 -0500
To prevent them from going to the internet via an http://www.etc address,
you can remove the DNS entries from your servers. That way they could only
surf if they know the IP address of a site.
Jan Broucinek, System Manager
Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
(727) 536-5900 voice
(727) 536-7168 x245 direct
(727) 538-9089 fax
www.arhomes.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Lalaguna" <Andy.lalaguna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:47 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: Locked down published desktop
>
> Is this what you are talking about...
>
> Create a "NODRIVES" entry (reg_dword) located in
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp
> lorer
>
>
> If you set NoRun to a 1, the user will not be able to view local files
> by typing a file address or URL (file://c:\....) into the Address box.
>
> Setting NoRun to 1 will also prevent access to the local file system
> from an embedded HTML link.
>
> In addition, for compatibility with the various versions of IE 4.x/5.x,
> navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp
> lorer
>
> Add Value name NoFileUrl as a type REG_DWORD and set the data value to
> 1, to prevent use of the file://c:\.... syntax in the Address box.
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> AndyL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Guzzo [mailto:marguz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 November 2002 22:12
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Locked down published desktop
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I publish the desktop and lock it down so that the users can't right=20
> click on anything, hide ALL IE stuff, removed the FILE menu option on=20
> the applications, etc...
>
> I just opened "My Documents" and types in the address bar "My=20
> Documents\junk" and I was able to get IE to launch with a URL of=20
> "http://auto.search.msn.com/results.asp/ect....."; . Now I can go=20
> anywhere on the NET when I really should have a locked down desktop.
>
> I don't know of any user doing this (yet). Is there something I'm=20
> missing, or is this the way it should work?
>
> --=20
> Mark Guzzo
> Sair LCA, LCP
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