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How do I restrict access on my Win98 machine??

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HobbesAB

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Hi everyone. I have a question regarding my Win98 machine. I am allowing a guest to use my computer, but I do not want that person to be able to delete files at will or to make any changes to my system. Is there any decent program that will enable me to log him/her in as "guest" and restrict their access so they can only use certain programs?? Is there a way to do this within win98 itself?? I know, switch to win2K (or Linux) for more security but this "problem" is a temporary one so I would rather not make the switch.

Thanks in advance. I appreciate it.

AB

I found a program called BootLocker Pro Network Pack 3.0 that will restrict user access, but I'm not sure if it will prevent someone from deleting files. Has anyone used this program?? Are there any other recommendations??
 
highlight your whole hardrive and go into properties, mark everything as read only? or will that not work?
 
Read through this ZDNet article to find out if Microsofts System Policy Editor meets your needs.

System Policy Editor: A Free Windows Lock and Key

Don't download it from the link in the article though, it's on your Win98 CD-Rom under Tools>Reskit>Netadmin>poledit

Even without the Policy Editor, you can hide individual files, or entire directories by checking "Hidden" under "Properties", as long as Windows Explorer is set to "Do not show hidden files" in the Tools>Folder Options>View dialog box.
 
If you really, truly need this functionality, you should use NT or Windows 2000.

Win98 simply was not designed with this functionality. Any "solution" you find is going to be an ugly hack.

The fact of the matter is that Win98 was just not designed for such a use.
 
Well, at work we use Fortress on our 98 workstations... It works out pretty well, locks up about as tight as NT. Couple of problems however. It's expensive software, and we often times face compatibility issues which take time and a whole lot of patches to fix.

I have to agree that 2000 is clearly the way to go
 
<<whats so funny?>>


Just hit cancel and you'll find out!

Only reasonable way to restict acces is Win2k really.
I tried it, and it runs all my games.
(Well at least the recent one's I still play - Can't get Civilisation II to run though)

If you're only playing recent games and use &quot;productivity&quot; software you should consider it.
At least a program crash doesn't mean a system crash anymore. You get the desired acces restrictions. Get yourself a restricted account and you can't ruin you're system by accident.

(Productivity excludes MS office of course, too many crashes to be productive 😀 )


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