Computer labs...controlling programs that can be run

[Robert Sullivan]

>We're thinking of setting up a computer lab in the library. Web browsers,
>Office 2000 programs, and various pieces of educational software are ok,
>but people bringing in video games and running them would not be. What
>sort of software would be good in preventing "outside" software from
>running (we plan to leave all the disk drives accessable, locking them, as
>we do now, is not an option).

I considered using the feature of Windows NT which does this, but it looked a
bit kinky to figure out - there are a lot of programs running in the
background.

We have found that our normal security which prevents users from messing with
the computer's setup also prevents them from installing anything.  While there
are some programs which do not require installation to run (we even had someone
run a DOS resume program from a floppy), this prevents most of it.

Bob Sullivan                               scp_sulli at sals.edu
Schenectady County Public Library (NY)     http://www.scpl.org