Win2000 download restrictions

Michele Seipp MicheleS at cityoflafayette.com
Tue Jun 5 14:46:50 EDT 2001


We have just upgraded to Windows 2000, server and workstations.  The City IS
staff, who manage the network, want to prohibit any and all downloads for
both staff and public.

1)	They are concerned about being held personally liable for any
illegal downloads found on a city computer.  How are other IS depts dealing
with this liability issue?

2)	Library staff certainly have legitimate reasons to download content,
and I want to find out if there are solutions in Win2000 for limiting rather
than completely prohibiting downloads.  For instance, can downloads be
limited to a particular drive in W2K?

Thanks for your suggestions,
Michele Seipp
Lafayette Public Library
Lafayette CO



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