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Prevent user from installing software
Name: Tony Nordin Date: March 6, 2001 at 05:25:29 Pacific
Comment:
Hi. How do I stop ordinary users from installing software on NT-WS? The users are not members of the local administrators group.
Name: MadAxe Date: March 6, 2001 at 07:43:23 Pacific
Reply:
You need administrative rights to install software. If they are not part of the local admin group and not part of a domain admin group you have nothing to worry about.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sumeet Thakkar Date: March 6, 2001 at 22:10:02 Pacific
Reply:
agree with madaxe
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Response Number 3
Name: John Date: March 6, 2001 at 23:44:18 Pacific
Reply:
You may also want to check and see if the user is part of the local "Power Users" group or if the user is in a Domain the "Server Operator" group.
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Response Number 4
Name: Richard Date: March 7, 2001 at 00:33:35 Pacific
Reply:
madaxe is correct. you can also stop users changing the registry. be warned this may impact on some programs they try to run.
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