Limiting Icon Access to users in Vista

How do I as administrator limit access to certain work related program icons
to other(kid) users? Any help

Hi,

Keep them within your own user profile and not in the public one. Or,
alternately, set permissions on the program folder. Or, use the parental
controls in the control panel to limit access.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Frank4721" <> wrote in message
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> How do I as administrator limit access to certain work related program
> icons
> to other(kid) users? Any help

"Frank4721" <> wrote in message
news:F9C43A02-0457-416A-88B0-...
> How do I as administrator limit access to certain work related program
> icons
> to other(kid) users? Any help


Your account: administrators group status
Their account(s): standard users

You account: Password protected with a password they cannot guess, that you
keep secret, that your remember
Their account(s): passwords optional

From your account, run Parental Controls ( go to Control Panel ) and
configure monitoring of activity and restrictions on times and programs and
websites any which way you want.

Saucy

"Frank4721" <> wrote ...
> How do I as administrator limit access to certain work related program
> icons
> to other(kid) users? Any help appreciated.......

The main built-in facility in Vista is Software Restriction Policies (SRP):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa940985.aspx

If your network is organised as a Windows Domain, you can combine SRP with
Group Policies on the Domain Controller:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
.... for very extensive control of the users' environment. But Group Policies
or Windows domains aren't required, just to use SRP.

Hope it helps,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

"Andrew McLaren" <> wrote in message
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> "Frank4721" <> wrote ...
>> How do I as administrator limit access to certain work related program
>> icons
>> to other(kid) users? Any help appreciated.......
>
> The main built-in facility in Vista is Software Restriction Policies
> (SRP):
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa940985.aspx
>
> If your network is organised as a Windows Domain, you can combine SRP with
> Group Policies on the Domain Controller:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
> ... for very extensive control of the users' environment. But Group
> Policies or Windows domains aren't required, just to use SRP.


The OP is likely to have a Home Premium computer though? Is this available
on versions without group policy?

ss.

> The OP is likely to have a Home Premium computer though? Is this
> available on versions without group policy?

All the talk of "administrators" and "work related icons" made it sound (to
me) like a business scenario.

But you're right, of course ... Vista Home Edition has no SecPol.msc, no
Group Policies, and no Software Restriction Policies.

In that case, putting ACLs on the appropriate icons and/or EXEs would be the
workaround ... or else buy a "serious" version of Windows, such as Business
or Ultimate.

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Hi Andrew,

No policy editors, but the parental controls can still be used for this in
HP, though if this is truly a business scenario then getting the right
version for it certainly makes more sense, particularly if a domain is
involved.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Andrew McLaren" <> wrote in message
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>> The OP is likely to have a Home Premium computer though? Is this
>> available on versions without group policy?
>
> All the talk of "administrators" and "work related icons" made it sound
> (to me) like a business scenario.
>
> But you're right, of course ... Vista Home Edition has no SecPol.msc, no
> Group Policies, and no Software Restriction Policies.
>
> In that case, putting ACLs on the appropriate icons and/or EXEs would be
> the workaround ... or else buy a "serious" version of Windows, such as
> Business or Ultimate.
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>