Guest H. S. Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Hello, I forgot the method to allow restricted users to enable and disable network connections in Windows XP Pro and I am not able to find it on google. Could somebody point me to the web page which describes the procedure? Thanks. -- --- Please remove underscores, if any, from my email address to obtain the correct one. Sorry for the trouble but this is to reduce SPAM.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections "H. S." <g_reate_xcalibur@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ejgFPTW5IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hello, > > I forgot the method to allow restricted users to enable and disable > network connections in Windows XP Pro and I am not able to find it on > google. Could somebody point me to the web page which describes the > procedure? > > Thanks. > > -- > --- > Please remove underscores, if any, from my email address to obtain the > correct one. Sorry for the trouble but this is to reduce SPAM. You could let them disconnect the network cable.
Guest Rey Santos Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 RE: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections Right click the connection icon on the system tray > disable -- Rey "H. S." wrote: > Hello, > > I forgot the method to allow restricted users to enable and disable > network connections in Windows XP Pro and I am not able to find it on > google. Could somebody point me to the web page which describes the > procedure? > > Thanks. > > -- > --- > Please remove underscores, if any, from my email address to obtain the > correct one. Sorry for the trouble but this is to reduce SPAM. >
Guest H.S. Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > > You could let them disconnect the network cable. > > er ... there are many situations where this is not a viable option for a user. Furthermore, what about wireless adapter, it has no cables to begin with.
Guest H.S. Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections Rey Santos wrote: > Right click the connection icon on the system tray > disable Are you claiming that a restricted user has the privileges to enable/disable any network connection in this manner in XP?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections "H.S." <hs.samREMOVEMEix@google.com> wrote in message news:e4DFjPc5IHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > >> >> You could let them disconnect the network cable. > > er ... there are many situations where this is not a viable option for a > user. Furthermore, what about wireless adapter, it has no cables to begin > with. > If your users are validated by a domain then you could elevate them to local administrators. This would give them the privilege to do anything on their own machine (which you may or may not find acceptable) but it won't give them access to other people's files. Alternatively you could enable/disable the connection indirectly: Get the user to create a semaphore file which gets picked up by a scheduled task once every five minutes. It's not elegant but it works and it creates no security issues if done properly.
Guest H.S. Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 [PLAIN][solved] Re: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections[/PLAIN] [solved] Re: allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > "H.S." <hs.samREMOVEMEix@google.com> wrote in message > news:e4DFjPc5IHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >> >>> You could let them disconnect the network cable. >> er ... there are many situations where this is not a viable option for a >> user. Furthermore, what about wireless adapter, it has no cables to begin >> with. Found it: * KEY: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections * DWORD: NC_LanConnect = 1 Regards.
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