Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: a question on security

  1. April 17th, 2004, 03:48 AM #1
    rwarren
    rwarren is offline
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Posts
    53

    a question on security

    hay guys, and gals,
    i have a question. i have a win xp box that i have two accounts on, i have the administrator and the limited user. what i would like to do is set the limited user so that the only thing they can't do is edit the registry. if there is a way please explain the prossess to me..... the main reason i would like to do this is that i seem to have alot of spyware coming through the internet and i was thinking that if i used the limeted accound it would stop most of those programs for hijacking, or running at startup..

    also is there a way i could get all the winxp updates on disk? i have a 56k and about 156mb to download in updates
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. April 17th, 2004, 04:34 AM #2
    SirSub
    SirSub is offline
    Senior Member SirSub's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Groom Lake, Nevada
    Posts
    148
    http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp
    For your free cd. As for the registry problem, I know you can do it through your group policy editor (gpedit.msc) Although I do not know the exact process.
    It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. - Murphy
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. April 17th, 2004, 04:35 AM #3
    !mitationRust
    !mitationRust is offline
    Banned
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Posts
    1,161
    Suggestion, harden IE
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. April 17th, 2004, 05:02 AM #4
    moxnix
    moxnix is offline
    Macht Nicht Aus moxnix's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Location
    Huson Mt.
    Posts
    1,752
    If you use Spybot S&D then you can use the immuniziation part of it to prevent alot of malware from ever getting to your box. SpywareBlaster is a program from Javacool that works in conjunction with Spybot to prevent active x and other nast scripts from being able to load in your box. Also on the consol of Spybot you have the options of locking your homepage to what ever it is set at, and also locking the host file, and also the IE control panal.
    \"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!\"
    Author Unknown
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. April 17th, 2004, 08:47 AM #5
    nihil
    nihil is offline
    Senior Member nihil's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    United Kingdom: Bridlington
    Posts
    17,188
    You might also get RegistryProt from:

    http://www.diamondcs.com.au

    This will warn you of additions and amendments to the Registry and allow you to reverse them.

    You are quite rightto have an administrator and a more restricted "user" account. I would consider renaming the administrator account to make it less obvious. There are several posts on hardening/securing Windows/IE on this site, you might like to browse through them.

    This is in addition to the other good advice



    Cheers
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. April 19th, 2004, 06:05 PM #6
    rwarren
    rwarren is offline
    Banned
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Posts
    53
    thankjs all, you have been a big help
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules