[WEB4LIB] Re: IE Lockdown

Michelle Rempel mrempel at gppl.ab.ca
Fri Nov 2 10:37:33 EST 2001


I've found that the tech support at Fortres can be good for this.  If you 
send them the diagnostics log for that machine they can help you with the 
settings for the more common programs.

Michelle

At 08:32 AM 02/11/01, you wrote:

>The library I'm working at just upgraded to Windows 2000 and the latest
>Fortres. We've been having problems based on figuring out which
>applications (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader) need to have access to the
>write to the hard drive. You can set that up in Fortres but it may take
>awhile to figure out which programs have to be listed in the Fortres
>permission set-up.
>
>Charlie Irwin
>Simmons College MLIS student
>
>
>On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Arthur Chrisy wrote:
>
> > I use Fortres here.  Works great! You can disable the start button and
> > everything else you want.  Even block web sites.   Works great for a
> > dedicated card catalog computer. I have my computers set up as groups 
> then I
> > can change a group of computer restrictions and not bother the other 
> groups.
> > I recommend it for anybody who provides computers to the public.
> >
> > Arthur Christy
> > Texas A&M University Texarkana
> > Library Datacenter
> > 1024 Tucker Street
> > Texarkana, TX  75505
> > 903-223-3159
> >



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