Hi There, I am trying to restrict users from copying files from a network share to their desktops. The Server O/S is Windows Server 2003 and the client machines are all Windows XP pro with SP2. We have a network share which contains several directories of powerpoint presentations. The users group that allows access to these directories and files have the NTFS permissions allowed as Read & Execute, list folder contents and read. The share permissions for the network share gives the everyone group full control. These ppt's are for viewing only so the last thing we want is for users to be able to copy etc. When logged on to these accounts, users can open the network share (from a mapped drive) but can unfortunately drag the files or copy them onto their local machine which is exactly what we don't want as they can email the files or save them to disk etc. Can anybody advise me on how this can be achieved through Group Policy without having to implement something like Windows RMS or similar applications? Regards Will

There is nothing in Windows that can prevent you from copying a file. You can only prevent or grant access using ACL`s on that folder or root level via inheritance. There is no GPO object that can prevent a user from copying. The only way would be to prevent the use of copying via right click or ctrl c (edit and copy) which could prove to be more agro than what its worth.