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Password Protection for Programs
Tuesday, February 24, 2004 by Essencay | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Running WinXP SP1....
Anyone know of a program that monitors what's running on your system or able to be run and will allow you to set a password to either keep someone from shutting down a specific program or starting up a specific program, without having to just logout everytime you get up from your desk. Thanks!
Anyone know of a program that monitors what's running on your system or able to be run and will allow you to set a password to either keep someone from shutting down a specific program or starting up a specific program, without having to just logout everytime you get up from your desk. Thanks!
Essencay
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:46 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:46 PM
Casual passerby....Win+L is easiest way I know of. Wondering if there was anything else out there. Thanks Sput
Sput
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:05 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:05 PM
Essencay - if it's a particular prog that someone insists on running when you turn your back, then (as long as you don't need to run it!) you could use the system policy restriction to deny particular programs from running...See this tip:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us323525
It might be what you want?
Hmmm...I can't make that link work, but if a copy and paste the address in directly to IE it works!
OK, go here http://support.microsoft.com/
and search for KB323525
That should get you there!
[Message Edited]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us323525
It might be what you want?
Hmmm...I can't make that link work, but if a copy and paste the address in directly to IE it works!
OK, go here http://support.microsoft.com/
and search for KB323525
That should get you there!
[Message Edited]
Essencay
Reply #4 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:22 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:22 PM
as long as you don't need to run it!...yeah that's the problem, I still need to be able to run these programs/keep others from being stopped. Example: Having someone shutdown your firewall or run regedit, sysedit, etc.
Sput
Reply #5 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:32 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:32 PM
Yikes...then Win+L is your friend in such a war zone...I do it habitually since I often deal with confidential matters, but in a shared office, so it's almost 2nd nature to kit Win+L whenever I leave my machine...I even find myself doing it at home when I go and make a tea
Sput
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:34 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:34 PM
Essencay - do you know who these people are? If not, you could rig up a simple program displaying a screen shot which will make a lot of noise as soon as anyone clicks on anything...it could be done in something as simple as PowerPoint and would catch most people. Of course, it would mean leaving the machine unsecured once to catch them, but you could create a special restricted user just for the purpose?
Essencay
Reply #7 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:39 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:39 PM
Thanks Sput...I think I'll stay with Win+L. Not in that kind of warzone 
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
yrag
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:24 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:24 PM
http://www.winutility.com/qsd/ create a hot key or shortcut with -k switch and it will lock your 'puter
Sput
Reply #9 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:09 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:09 PM
yrag - why would someone need that when locking your machine is built in to XP anyhow? If you wanted to shutdown and force things to quit without user interaction etc, then that tool would help, but what does it add in this case? Am I missing some problem with Win+L?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:40 PM
If the later, then you could go down the route of system policies, strong passwords, and running something like DeepFreeze to undo anything people might get up to even if they get arround the restrictions - but you'll probably find the system a pain to use yourself!
If the former, then what's wrong with Win+L, and just logging back in when you return?