Dissallow programs on XP Home

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Dan F

Hello All,

I would like to dissallow certain programs on certain user accounts in XP
Home. I know you can do this in XP Pro with the Group Policy, but that is not
available on XP Home. Specifically, I'd like to dissallow Internet Explorer
from runnng. I know that you can remove the icons, etc, but I really need it
to be dissallowed for this user, so that other programs can't start IE, or so
it can't be started from its folder.

If there is a solution just for IE, that's fine, but one that has more
flexibility would be a plus. I do need IE for other users. The solution needs
to be free, and I am fine working in the Registry.

Thanks,

Dan
 
You might try Steady State from MS (free). I have no experience with it but
it looks like it will do what you want.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx
Louis

"Dan F" <DanF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6EE67EC-1546-403E-A875-14B175AB6B50@microsoft.com...
> Hello All,
>
> I would like to dissallow certain programs on certain user accounts in XP
> Home. I know you can do this in XP Pro with the Group Policy, but that is
not
> available on XP Home. Specifically, I'd like to dissallow Internet
Explorer
> from runnng. I know that you can remove the icons, etc, but I really need
it
> to be dissallowed for this user, so that other programs can't start IE, or
so
> it can't be started from its folder.
>
> If there is a solution just for IE, that's fine, but one that has more
> flexibility would be a plus. I do need IE for other users. The solution
needs
> to be free, and I am fine working in the Registry.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
 
Thanks for the thought about Steady State - I had forgotten about it.
However, Steady State seems like overkill - I really only need to dissallow
one program. I found an MS KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323525

For doing the same thing in Win2000 using the registry, so I'm going to try
it on XP Home

"3c273" wrote:

> You might try Steady State from MS (free). I have no experience with it but
> it looks like it will do what you want.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx
> Louis
>
> "Dan F" <DanF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6EE67EC-1546-403E-A875-14B175AB6B50@microsoft.com...
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I would like to dissallow certain programs on certain user accounts in XP
> > Home. I know you can do this in XP Pro with the Group Policy, but that is
> not
> > available on XP Home. Specifically, I'd like to dissallow Internet
> Explorer
> > from runnng. I know that you can remove the icons, etc, but I really need
> it
> > to be dissallowed for this user, so that other programs can't start IE, or
> so
> > it can't be started from its folder.
> >
> > If there is a solution just for IE, that's fine, but one that has more
> > flexibility would be a plus. I do need IE for other users. The solution
> needs
> > to be free, and I am fine working in the Registry.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
>
>
>
 
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