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How Would You Lock Down a Windows XP Machine?

Posted by Cliff on from the throw-away-the-key dept.

Kronos666 asks: "I've been working with a network of about 50 computers, and a few of them have to be locked down. What I mean is that there is an application running, and the users must not be able to do anything else on it. The computers (Windows XP), are in a Windows 2000 domain and I've tried everything that comes to mind with the group policies. Now, I know it might seem contradictory to some, but is there a way to make those computers completely locked down? Maybe someone has had previous experience with something like this?"

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  1. cement by adamshelley · · Score: 0, Troll

    with a cement block and a chain right before i dropped it in the ocean.

  2. Re:Well.. you asked for it by pbox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or the single step solution:

    1. simply remove power cable.

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  3. The implied assumption... by eyepeepackets · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...is that it can be locked down.

    You might stand a chance if you:
    1, remove all network access;
    2, lock it in a hardened shelter;
    3, post a platoon of U.S. Marines.

    Otherwise, why bother: People who want secure and robust don't use MS products and there is simply no way you can't know that -- you be a troll?

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  4. simple by saqq · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unplug it.

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