WIN 95: Security: how can I hide My Computer.

[Marsha Weeks]

Has anyone tried using TweakUI to remove drives from My Computer? It's part
of the PowerToys package that you can get for free off of Microsoft's site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/info/powertoys.htm

After installation, TweakUI will be in the Control Panel. Just uncheck the
drives you do not want to show up under the "My Computer" tab. We use
Poledit also but that blocks out all of the drives. TweakUI will allow you
to let your floppy drives show up (if you want patrons to be able to
download/save files) while protecting your hard drive.

At 08:02 AM 4/15/98 -0700, you wrote:
>We had been using FoolProof in our library, but gave it up in
>favor of a different solution.
>
>We now use the Poledit option to hide all items on the desktop.
>Our patrons use the Start Menu.  Our wallpaper directs them to
>it with a few words.
>
>We no longer lock down the PCs beyond what is possible with PolEdit.
>It isn't a huge challenge for someone who knows what they are doing to
>get around this security.. but it isn't often done, and unauthorized
>changed get cleared because..
>
>We have adopted a strategy of "rebuild on bootup" and "rebuild on demand"
>via a software package called PC-Rdist.
>
>--
>
>Kyle Harriss				kharriss at d.umn.edu
>Tech Services 				voice: 218-726-6546
>UMD Library				fax:   218-726-8019
>Duluth, MN  55812
>
>On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Susan Acampora wrote:
>
>> We have resolved this problem in part by using a program called
>> FOOLPROOF:
>> 
>> http://www.smartstuff.com. 
>> It is a security program that enables you among other things to protect
>> and hide the drives in My Computer. I have find though, that even
>> FOOLPROOF cannot remove the My Computer icon.  A library patron may
>> still click on it but it will be empty of drives and they will be unable
>> to open the control panel and printers icons.  
>> Now no one in our library seems to bother with My Computer as a result.
>> 
>> It is not the perfect solution, we too would like to remove the icon
>> completely.
>> But it is a satisfactory one for now.
>> 
>> Susan Acampora
>> sacampora at cnr.edu
>> College of New Rochelle Library
>> 
>
>
>

Marsha Weeks, Systems Librarian
Glendora Public Library
140 S. Glendora Ave.
Glendora, CA  91741
(626) 852-4891 Phone / (626) 852-4899 Fax
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