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Thank you for the reply guys. I'll try it out and let you guys know.
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Hence the rub of trying to restrict a user from being able to save any files. I'm not a big proponent of this method, but it would work. The Temp folder would have to be set special to allow...
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Between security policies (run: secpol.msc) and NTFS filesystem permissions you can do the job fine without windows steady state.
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I think this works best in my case. I was able to hide C and all the other drivers, and tried saving document, but wasn't able to. The only place I was able to save the document was on Desktop. I did...
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This web site has quite a bit of information
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/how-can-i-setup-a-computer-with-windows-7-to-be/89f3246f-baaf-45fc-b946-07450475a5b0
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Those requirements aren't compatible. Windows cannot operate in a mode where it doesn't save any files whatsoever.
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Is there any way to restrict hard drive in XP. I don't want my guest account to save any document.
EDIT : Anyone know that would do the same thing for Win 7.
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It's not easy but doable.
Go to My Computer.
Click on Tools menu and go to Folder Options.
Scroll down to the bottom and uncheck "Use simple file sharing (recommended)"
Now, in My computer,...
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Do u know if something similar works on Win 7?
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We already covered this! The closest equivalent to windows steady state is a program called Deep Freeze, it is not free. Even if you use a program like this, you should make some other security...
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Well wait. You didn't say anything about a guest user saving anything "just" to the desktop. Your quote was:
Just make the Desktop folder of the user's profile, Read-Only.
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As far as I know they only want to make sure no one can save any data while they are logged in as certian user. If they can get certain fetaure like user won't shut down then that would be bonus.
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if the requirement is to only browse the web and print, there are a plethora of linux distributions designed to do exactly what you want.
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Not for free. Check out Deep Freeze: http://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/
A better question might be what does the user of the kiosk type computer actually need to be able to do...
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As far as I understand they only need to browse the Internet and print. They shouldn't need access to anything else. No saving or anything else.
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Do they need access to any web browser other then Internet Explorer? Does it need access to the internet at large or just a very specific website?
You can use an alternate windows shell instead...
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you can use kiosk mode AKA steadystate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SteadyState
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So no one know anything similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SteadyState. This would have work best if they would have supported Win 7. Anyway all I'm trying to achieve is guest user won't...
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Even with decent software to run a kiosk, there are many possible exploits. To do it right you need to involve quite a few low level restrictions. For some amusing reading on exploiting a kiosk,...
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Would you be able to run any apps like that? Wouldn't they need to be able to open tmp files?
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Yes that could work, but in my case we are trying not to reboot the machine. Plus we don't want any kind of files saved ever.
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You could also sandbox the guest login. They could install viruses and delete the system32 folder and a reboot puts it back the way it previously was. Basically it makes the whole file system virtual...
