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

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:57:30 +0200

windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> scribbled on Wednesday, October 19,
2005 1:55 PM:

Pls do!

TIA.

> 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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