Hi All

I work in primary schools and unfortunately this means that I have to deal
with the varied and bizarre world of educational software!

A lot of this software won't work if the folders don't have read/write
access so my plan has been that I give domain users full control to the
Program Files (and sub-folders). To try and protect the folder I have
hidden the C drive from the kids ( 3 - 7 year olds) via GPO and everything
seems to be fine, but I just wanted to check if I have dropped a monumental
boo-boo by doing this.

Any comments/thoughts on this?

Thanks

Another option might be to install these applications somehere other the
"Program Files".

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Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
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"CraigB" <CraigB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91801AA8-292B-4128-8D5A-4053BCEB7E75@microsoft.com...
> Not the best idea in my opinion. You might have been better off giving
> only
> the permissions necessary to run the program to that folder and
> subfolders.
> In other words instead of giving domain users full control you give only
> read/write, maybe. I know its more work, but I am not a fan of general
> solution to fix specific problems. XP also has a built-in solution for
> dealing with this, the Application Compatibility Engine. Using it with
> the
> Application Compatibility Toolkit you can redirect writes to protected
> areas
> to the user’s profile.
>
> This article on Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (I believe
> that
> V 4.1 is out) might : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895129/en-us
> although I have not used it myself. Also this:
> http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/...241/94241.html
>
> --
> Craig
> MBA-MIS, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CCA
>
>
> "Yobbo" wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I work in primary schools and unfortunately this means that I have to
>> deal
>> with the varied and bizarre world of educational software!
>>
>> A lot of this software won't work if the folders don't have read/write
>> access so my plan has been that I give domain users full control to the
>> Program Files (and sub-folders). To try and protect the folder I have
>> hidden the C drive from the kids ( 3 - 7 year olds) via GPO and
>> everything
>> seems to be fine, but I just wanted to check if I have dropped a
>> monumental
>> boo-boo by doing this.
>>
>> Any comments/thoughts on this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>