[windows2000] Re: Block saving executables in user's homefold er

  • From: Toby <toby.percival@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:56:22 +0100

I hope you don't mind me jumping on the bandwagon, but would you mind
forwarding it to me as well?
 Thankyou
 Toby

 On 10/19/05, Angus Macdonald <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I made it myself, for testing purposes. I can't find the service at the
> moment but I have an application version I could forward if you want to
> have
> a play. It's very simple so converting to a service would only take me a
> few
> minutes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 October 2005 12:12
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Block saving executables in user's homefolder
>
>
> windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> scribbled on Wednesday, October 19,
> 2005 11:42 AM:
>
> > I played a while ago with an NT service that monitored the users home
> folder
> > tree and simply deleted files of specified types as they turned up. It
> > didn't make me popular but it did work.
>
> Would you mind letting me know what service this was, from where, any
> prices, URLs and so on?
>
> TIA.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 18 October 2005 10:09
> > To: Windows2000 Mailing List Windows2000 Mailing List
> > Subject: [windows2000] Block saving executables in user's homefolder
> >
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > Is there some way to prevent users to save executables/mpegs/specified
> > filetypes in their homefolders?
> >
> > I'm preparing to move the userfolder to a new fileserver, and did a
> > routine scan of the files and found that there were hundreds of
> > executables and installers and three or four copies in next to every
> > users's home folder of the humouristic movieclip badluck.mpe (you know
> > the one with the guy in the cubicle who finally gets fed up with his
> > computer and totally trashes it).
> >
> > I think I need to prevent this somehow, as hd-space is filled up
> rather
> > quick with non-workrelated stuff... It seems like education and
> regular
> > reminders just don't work...
> >
> > How do you ppl prevent this sort of thing?
> >
> >
> >
> > BW,
> >
> > Sorin
> >
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