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You could also set a GPO to not run certain executables.
i.e. pinball.exe
Sean
"Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Matt wrote:
> > Is there a way to block user access to Start>Programs>Games on
> > Windows XP Pro PC's running in a SBS 2000 environment?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Hi Matt,
> You can:
>
> 1. Delete C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games
> folder. Note that you can't just delete executables itself (freecel.exe,
> mshearts.exe etc) since they are in %systemroot%\system32 folder and are
> protected by Windows File Protection service.
> 2. Set NTFS permissions on executables so users will have no acces to them
> 3. Uninstall Games with Windows Components Wizard (Control
Panel>Add/Remove
> Programs>Add/Remove Windows Components). Can't remember if Games are
> available to uninstall by default. If not, do following:
> - open %windir%\inf\sysoc.inf file (backup %windir%\inf\sysoc.inf
before
> editing!)
> - find follwing lines:
> AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7
> Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7
> Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,HIDE,7
> - remove HIDE word from lines so they will look like:
> AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7
> Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,,7
> Pinball=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,pinball.inf,,7
> - save and close sysoc.inf file
> - Open Windows Components Wizard and see if new category "Accessories
> and Utilities" appear. Games are inside it.
>
> First two options can be easily automated with startup scripts/GPO.
>
>
> hth,
> Al
>
>
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