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Asked on 10/12/2002, 5:57

Hi, we are setting a small LAN with about 15 Win 98 SE PCs.
Is there any adm app or prog to avoid users from installing software in the PCs ? We want to install only the necessary software for the users and keep the computers "clean".

BTW Windows 98 SE is a must, and we cannot consider another Operating System.

Thanks

Reply Posted on 14/12/2002

Dear Pablo,

The only way to lock users out of vairious elements of Windows 95/98/ME is to use Policy Manager.
Policy manger is a Windows NT tool that usually relies on you running it from a Windows NT server, but if you can't use Windows NT the tool is a little tricky to use.

The Policy manager is just a simple .exe program, but you will need to go to every single PC to set the policy up as it's part of the registry and can't be coppied as a file from one machine to the next.

Once you had the tool it would simply be a case of loading it, finding the option to lock out setups and installs then saving hte policy and moving on to the next.
However, if you leave the tool on the PC there is nothing to prevent the user from unlocking the option again so it would need to be removed once you are done.
For absolubt waterproof security you'd also need to lock out the registry to prevent users from opening up the setup options that way.

If you would like a copy of the tool which is Microsoft Freeware (A part of the Windows NT options pack) It can be downloaded from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/poledit/1/W95/EN-US/policy.exe
(Related knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q135315)

(If you hadn't already told me you couldn't consider another operating system I would strongly recomend having a Windows NT or 2000 server on your network of 98 PC's as without a server a workgroup as large as this can very easily be a network management nightmare.)

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