XP Pro Group Policy

[Chunkee]

My father wants to lock down a profile so that my nephew can only play games, with NO internet access. Is there a way to disable the access on his profile?

An easy way for my dad..?

thanks
JC

 

[imported_Phil]

Yes, it's called a Belt. Swift application of said belt will result in a dramatic decrease in the frequency of the child's Bad Surfing Habits (TM).

In all seriousness, set the default Internet Explorer proxy options as 127.0.0.1 and lock the Internet Explorer Tools menu. Then, change your Dad's proxy settings back to blank. Voila.

 

[djdrastic]

Create a account for said nephew
Edit the local policy via gpedit.msc
When Happy with Said Changes (PS , to turn off any internet access i've found it's better to just point IE to a bogus proxy server , and then just make sure you hide the Network Tab in IE that available in the policy
After you're happy with said changes go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\GroupPolicy

1)Give your nephew the right to read and read + execute the file
2)In the directory Users you will see a a .pol file , give your nephew rights to this file


If at any time , you want to edit the policy just log in as admin , give the admin/yourself full control to said files , edit the group policy and then remove admin/yourself from those 2 files .


Altough it takes some effort the first time round after that , you'll have a nice spyware free boxen