I need to set-up a user who can only play a game on the computer.

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4 total messages Started by Peter Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00

#24

Author: Peter
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00

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I am using Windows NT Workstation 4.00.  My brother wants to play Dungeon
keeper on my computer and i want to let him, but that's all i want him to
do.
I don't want to give him access to the command prompt, registry editing, the
find command and windows nt explorer.
Could anyone talk me through how this could be done.  I tried to do this
using poledit but i can't seem to find it on my workstation cd-rom?

I would be very grateful if you can help.

pmcgratt@globalnet.co.uk

Re: I need to set-up a user who can only play a game on the computer.

#25

Author: tharp jeffrey m
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00

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Peter (pmcgratt@globalnet.co.uk) wrote:
:>I am using Windows NT Workstation 4.00.  My brother wants to play Dungeon
:>keeper on my computer and i want to let him, but that's all i want him to
:>do.
:>I don't want to give him access to the command prompt, registry editing, the
:>find command and windows nt explorer.
:>Could anyone talk me through how this could be done.  I tried to do this
:>using poledit but i can't seem to find it on my workstation cd-rom?
:>

Geez...watch the cross posts.  Anyway, NT lets you specify any program to
be a default shell via the registry.  So just specify Dungeon Keeper as
your brother's default shell. ;-)

Jeff Tharp
Web Development/Computer Support
UIUC/Department of Crop Sciences

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  "Curiousity is life--if you're not       Jeff Tharp
  curious, then you are in your coffin."   tharp@uiuc.edu
                -Pierre Boulez at age 70

Re: I need to set-up a user who can only play a game on the computer.

#26

Author: David F. Schrader
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00

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This should be possible using Policies/Profiles. As I recall, there is an
option available via the Profile Editor that allows the Administrator to
disallow "everything" except a set of programs which are listed. Sorry
I can't be more help.

David

P.S. Poledit location(s):
     It isn't on the NTWorkstation disk.
     On the NTServer disk it is in: <CDDriveLetter>\CLIENTS\SRVTOOLS\I386
     On the NTServer disk it is in: <CDDriveLetter>\I386
     On the NTResourceKit disk it is in: <CDDriveLetter>\CLIENTS\I386

     God luck. dfs

Peter wrote in message <6nb2br$ljt$1@heliodor.xara.net>...
|I am using Windows NT Workstation 4.00.  My brother wants to play Dungeon
|keeper on my computer and i want to let him, but that's all i want him to
|do.
|I don't want to give him access to the command prompt, registry editing,
the
|find command and windows nt explorer.
|Could anyone talk me through how this could be done.  I tried to do this
|using poledit but i can't seem to find it on my workstation cd-rom?
|
|I would be very grateful if you can help.
|
|pmcgratt@globalnet.co.uk
|
|
|

Re: I need to set-up a user who can only play a game on the computer.

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Author: Fernando Lordán
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 00:00

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tharp jeffrey m wrote:

> [...]  Anyway, NT lets you specify any program to
> be a default shell via the registry.

Interesting. I didn't know. Do you know which are the exact registry keys?

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    Fernando Lordan
    ipso@iname.com
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