On 1 Jun 2010 at 15:29, Terry Dickson wrote: > Well we have some old DOS based 16-bit apps that can be opened only once. > I created a Batch they use to run the application. The batch file writes a > file on opening and deletes the file after the program is closed. If the file > is already present they can´t open the application. Then I compiled the batch > file to an exe and voila, they are stuck with only one user.
Don't forget an override switch for those rare occasions when the app or workstation crashes and the .lock file is left behind. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
