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Stop one user connecting to the Internet
I have XP Pro installed on a single computer with multiple users. Each user
can log on without a password. Now for the hard bit: Is there a way within XP of blocking a user from connecting to the Internet, and without assigning passwords to the users? I don't just want to stop stuff like IE and OE, but all IP connections, so as to lock down the profile against any invasive connections from outside. -- The Dancin' Fool Remove my CLOGS to reply |
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Stop one user connecting to the Internet
Dancin' Fool wrote:
I have XP Pro installed on a single computer with multiple users. Each user can log on without a password. Now for the hard bit: Is there a way within XP of blocking a user from connecting to the Internet, and without assigning passwords to the users? I don't just want to stop stuff like IE and OE, but all IP connections, so as to lock down the profile against any invasive connections from outside. Obvious answer. No Without assigning password what would keep someone from using the one of other accounts to access the Internet? gls858 |
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Stop one user connecting to the Internet
"gls858" wrote in message ... Dancin' Fool wrote: I have XP Pro installed on a single computer with multiple users. Each user can log on without a password. Now for the hard bit: Is there a way within XP of blocking a user from connecting to the Internet, and without assigning passwords to the users? I don't just want to stop stuff like IE and OE, but all IP connections, so as to lock down the profile against any invasive connections from outside. Obvious answer. No Without assigning password what would keep someone from using the one of other accounts to access the Internet? gls858 Good point. However, the "users" are all the same person (whoever uses the machine) and each user profile gives access to certain features of the installed software. For example, one profile displays a certain configuration for creating/editing documents (call it the documents profile), another profile runs video editing software but no document facilities, yet another has a music console. It might sound strange, but it's my own concept of a multimedia-office multifunction computer. A kind of DIY Windows-Media-Centre-plus-Office-machine. The key point is, that when someone is using the "documents" profile, they need to be assured that there will be no Internet traffic at all (the machine is permanently on a LAN from a router) for security reasons. One idea I had for this was loading a small proxy server at this profile's logon, directing everything to 127.0.0.1, but I was just pondering whether it could be done within XP. I already tried a batch file which invokes ipconfig to release the local IP when this "documents" profile is selected, but it need a long time to renew the connection when switching to another, Internet-enabled profile. Is there any way to do this by setting a group policy, perhaps? -- the Dancin' Fool remove my CLOGS to email |
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Stop one user connecting to the Internet
Dancin' Fool wrote:
"gls858" wrote in message ... Dancin' Fool wrote: gls858 Good point. However, the "users" are all the same person (whoever uses the snip Well you didn't say that in the OP :-) I'm not sure about Group Policy but I know there is loads of third party apps out there for controlling Internet access. You might try a search on "control access to Internet" without the quotes. gls858 |
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