Booli wrote:
> Thanks both u John & Pegasus I can understand what u explain to me.
> I got an idea like this if I'm incorrect pls rectify me.
> * First I'm going to be administrator of other five pcs my own
> password. I'll give other users Limited Accounts.
> * Mainly I want to Block USB Mass Storage devices & Access of
> Internet each computer.
> * So please let me know how to do that. One person said me USB
> storage can be blocked by registry editing. and I donno how to
> block Internet access specific computer
> Please help me. hope ur kind reply.
Let's try to clear this up.
You have 6 computers in a "workgroup" right now. A workgroup is nothing
more than 6 computers that all decided they would share the same 'family
name' --> but it's nothing official. It helps them recognize one another in
some ways - but the relationship is not a strong one - they are merely
'familar' with one another.
Each computer is still fully its own stand-alone system with its own set of
users, own set of policies and rules. In the end, it could care less how
the other computers in the workgroup are setup and is generally unaffected
by their setup.
What this means is (without involving a server and/or joining the systems to
a domain) you have no central control of those five computers - other than
what you *manually* setup. You can go to each computer and create an
account that has administrative rights - naming it the same and giving it
the same password on all the computers. You can change all other users (or
only create other users as) to limited accounts.
As for your Internet blocking - with your setup you will have to do it at
the Internet level itself. You will need to control the "router" that they
connect to that also connects to the Internet and then - only if that router
is one with such features - can you prevent them from going out to the
Internet but still allow them to use the local area network to communicate
within the 'room'.
Time for you to learn to search for answers... If you cannot do this - then
the duties you seem to be taking on are not meant for you - find another
career.
Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
information on problems you may be having and solutions others have found:
Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
Example - your USB query:
http://www.google.com/search?q=control+USB+access+Windows+XP
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