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We're looking for a GPO solution which will provide the following functionality:
1 .When standard user will login - the USB mass storage drives and CD will be disabled.
2. When an Admin user will login - both USB mass storage drives and CD will appear.
Now, we've found a way to do it with multiple logon and logoff's, but it's a bit sluggish for us.
We thought of the following idea, and would like your guidance or an example file how to perform it:
Whenever a std. user or an Admin user will login, the associated Login script will query the relevant registry entry in order to see if the CD\USB is enabled or disabled.
In the case that the Std. user will login (which teh CD\USB SHOULD be disabled), and the batch will find out that the current drives state is disabled, all is good - and the login process will continue as usual. But if the USB\CD's are currently enabled (due to previous Admin login), the batch should disable it by changing the corresponding reg key, and should perform a silent log-off and logon back to the domain.
The same scenario should be performed in vice verse to the Admin user (If enabled -->continue, if disabled --> enable, logoff --> logon).
Now, is it possible? If so, how?
BTW, the domain controller is 2008, and the Workstations are Win XP SP3.
Many thx
We're looking for a GPO solution which will provide the following functionality:
1 .When standard user will login - the USB mass storage drives and CD will be disabled.
2. When an Admin user will login - both USB mass storage drives and CD will appear.
Now, we've found a way to do it with multiple logon and logoff's, but it's a bit sluggish for us.
We thought of the following idea, and would like your guidance or an example file how to perform it:
Whenever a std. user or an Admin user will login, the associated Login script will query the relevant registry entry in order to see if the CD\USB is enabled or disabled.
In the case that the Std. user will login (which teh CD\USB SHOULD be disabled), and the batch will find out that the current drives state is disabled, all is good - and the login process will continue as usual. But if the USB\CD's are currently enabled (due to previous Admin login), the batch should disable it by changing the corresponding reg key, and should perform a silent log-off and logon back to the domain.
The same scenario should be performed in vice verse to the Admin user (If enabled -->continue, if disabled --> enable, logoff --> logon).
Now, is it possible? If so, how?
BTW, the domain controller is 2008, and the Workstations are Win XP SP3.
Many thx
If you have strongly standardized environment, you can restrict user access to certain drive letter(s) with Group Policy. It means that you must have a drive letter standard, for example C is for system and D is for data partition. Now you can limit standard user access to only C and D while admins will be able to use any drive letter. As C and D are already in use, any USB device will be in the denied list as well as the CD drive.
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I need more specific information please.
Its like this:
I need an example for batch file of logon script that do registry key query then replace the registry in case of the the value is as changed (in case of no change the logon script continue)
Example: if the value on a USB set on "start" to 4 (disabled by default) and the running batch discover that the current registry key is 3 (enabled) the batch need to change the registry key then logoff the user for relogin.
Its like this:
I need an example for batch file of logon script that do registry key query then replace the registry in case of the the value is as changed (in case of no change the logon script continue)
Example: if the value on a USB set on "start" to 4 (disabled by default) and the running batch discover that the current registry key is 3 (enabled) the batch need to change the registry key then logoff the user for relogin.
Hi! Are you saying that you are currently using a GPO without scripts to accomplish this? And that by doing this, it's taking too long for the GPO to update the user's access? Or are you saying that you currently don't have a solution and are looking for a combination of GPO and scripts to tackle this problem? Here's an article on restricting all USB removable disks using GPO only.
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm
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