CaveMan Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ok My dad has asked me to set up windows xp home, and "lock it down" so it only has a browser and word processor. My question is, how would i do this in home edition? I can remove windows media player and windows messenger, but is there any way to restrict the computer to doing almost nothing? I know in xp pro there was a way to create custom permissions and such for this kind of thing, but we dont have a spare copy of it (and i cant use *nix) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Why can't you use Linux/BSD? Web browsers and word processors are what Linux/BSD are good at :P The obvious thing to do is turn off javascript on IE perminantly, and install Firefox and opera. Also, make the account a limited account, that's pretty much all you can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Microsoft released a utility to "lock-down" windows machines, it was designed for use with public computers like in libaries or internet cafes. I haven't gotten around to playing with it yet and I don't know whether it works with home but that should probably be your first port of call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renegadecanuck Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 You COULD also install an alternate shell isntead of using Explorer.exe. Unfortunatly, I can't remember any off the top of my head that would work well. Maybe use http://www.nliteos.com]Nlite to remove most of the stuff, Install Firefox or Opera, and Office/OpenOffice.org, then remove as many icons from the taskbar as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 If someone tries hard enough and can think outside the box they will get past you.. I remember when I was still in school EVERYTHING was locked and hidden... Everything but Help, I used the Help menu to get into the sound manager and turn the sound back on so I could listen to music with my headphones... I don't remember how but I got a working command prompt from the help menu one time too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABC Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Our school uses a modified version of XP Pro, and i cant even use ctrl+alt+print screan O.O .. LIKE WTF .. we cant even right click (in explorer)!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Its kinda overkill though... firewall (hard & soft), anti virus, anti spy, phishing filter and you could even give him an account with guest privs only, then tell him to save everything to a usb stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 If someone tries hard enough and can think outside the box they will get past you.. I remember when I was still in school EVERYTHING was locked and hidden... Everything but Help, I used the Help menu to get into the sound manager and turn the sound back on so I could listen to music with my headphones... I don't remember how but I got a working command prompt from the help menu one time too.. i don't mind if its easy to get past... my dads step children wouldn't know a dos prompt... even if you told them 5 mins earlier As for the cmd at school, you can always use "command" instead for its needed to start up and wont be blocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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