Prevent access to My Computer

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choppi
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Prevent access to My Computer

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How can I prevent patrons from accessing My Computer through PWB? I tried adding it to the url file but it didn't work. Although I have DeepFreeze installed on all public computers and am able to block access to the C drive, I don't want patrons wandering around and changing settings just for the fun of it. I am using version 2.06.

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Post by Scott »

It depends on how they are accessing My Computer. If it is through the Save or Download functionality provided to PWB through Internet Explorer you can use Windows policies to prevent the access.

If they are access My Computer through the Address bar you can do one of the following.

Only allow access to HTTP or the Internet in the INI file.

[Security]
...
OnlyAccessHTTP=True
OnlyAccessInternet=True
...

Add the My Computer Identifier to the URL filter file.

-20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D

Unfortunately this can not simply be "-My Computer" since each computer can have a differnt My Computer Identifier.

--Scott

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