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Controlling Access to applications

  • 02-06-2008 8:38am
    #1
    tech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭


    Hi there I have a friend who needs to control access to a certain application on a pc, this pc is in a public area but he want some software to deny access to opening a .exe

    Does anyone know of any software that can block accesss by putting a password on the .exe ??

    Thanks


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  • #2
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    tech wrote: »
    Hi there I have a friend who needs to control access to a certain application on a pc, this pc is in a public area but he want some software to deny access to opening a .exe

    Does anyone know of any software that can block accesss by putting a password on the .exe ??

    Thanks

    if its xp set a password on the administrator account
    1)start
    2)run
    3)net user administrator your-new-password

    then you can just remove read access permissions to the files for evey account bar the administrator account
    in xp home you will have to boot up in safe mode and log in as administrator to change settings then
    1) right click on the exe (not a shortcut to it)
    2) properties
    3) security tab
    4) untick all boxes for everyone bar the administrator

    then you can create shortcuts to the exe's and modify the shortcut's properties
    1)right click on shortcut
    2)properties
    3)shortcut tab
    4)advanced button
    5)tick to "run this shortcut with different credentails"

    anyone trying to run them will get a promt for username and password they wil get an error unless they put in administrator and the password you put in above


  • #3
    azzeretti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭azzeretti


    If its for public use, put this on it, its free and controls all sort of user access. It also has the ability to rollback any user changes on reboot, meaning the PC will always be in the same state as you left it.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    if you want to stop users opening ANY exe then

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154780

    Internet Explorer includes a Kiosk Mode feature that allows you to only access Web pages. This article describes how to use the Kiosk Mode feature in Internet Explorer.

    in this day and age most things can be run from the web.


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