Lockdown your Windows XP Pro workstations
August 13, 2008 by admin
Filed under Group Policy, MS SBS2003, MS Win2K3, MS WinXP Pro, Security
Platform: Windows XP Professional Only
There is a lot of different ways you can modify your workstations in Windows XP Pro, so that your users cannot mess with settings.
1. Start >> Run >> gpedit.msc [ok]
2. Start >> Run >> regedit [ok]
3. Tweakiu – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
Some walk-through’s you might find helpful:
Disable USB Storage, but not USB Devices like [...]
Vista and SBS Group Policy
February 5, 2008 by admin
Filed under Group Policy, MS SBS2003, MS Win Vista, Security
Windows Vista client workstation in an SBS Server envirnment, will have the group policy applied which does thinks on the Vista client like:
+ cannot change the state of the Firewall etc.
Windows XP Security Auditing
July 26, 2007 by admin
Filed under Group Policy, MS WinXP Home, MS WinXP Pro, Network Tools, Security
http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310399