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Access denied: XP puts a fence around software

By Roberta Bragg (02 Jun 2002)

One of the big problems with corporate America's employee-as-empowered-computer-user philosophy is that users have way too many opportunities to muck up their machines. XP Group Policy gives savvy admins the ability to hide and prevent access to many Windows tools. But what about software programs you don't allow on your network? That's where XP's new Software Restriction Policy can help.

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NEWS:
>> Microsoft warns of new debugger flaw (CNET) 22 May 2002
>> Windows Decisions: The security decision (SearchWinIT) 10 May 2002
>> Gartner: Securing Windows takes 15% longer than Unix (SearchWinIT) 16 Apr 2002
>> Minding XP (SearchWinIT) 07 Feb 2002
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