Restrict access to .exe from group policy

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?)

Exe's can be blocked easily via a user group policy. Under User
Configuration\Administrative Templates, highlight System and you will see a
policy called 'Don't run specified windows applications'. Enable that policy
and list 'Netscape.Exe'. It works quite well except for the fact that the
user can rename the .exe and thus allowing it to run. A better idea would be
to apply a Hash rule to that .exe and block it that way. Via a hash rule, it
doesn't matter if they rename it or run it from alternate locations, the
hashed .exe would never run.

Hope this helps you out,
Dave


"Joe R." <JoeR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E87323BD-74C7-43FD-9E53-86EF3317CB19@microsoft.com...
> Can we restrict access to a specific EXE based on a user policy? I know
> we
> can do this through machine policies. However, I need this not based on
> the
> machine, but a group of users. More specifically, I don't want them
> running
> netscape.exe. However, I want another group to be able to access that on
> the
> same machines. Thank you in advance for your help.