When you describe the tasks management asks of you, I imagine... A laser pointer aimed at a wall, while my cats go crazy trying to get it.
Just sayin'. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:53 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I did give Process Explorer a thought...however, I have, in the face of the > overwhelming evidence that this ain't possible, managed to convince > management otherwise. > > I have managed to restrict the Task Manager window to the Applications tab > only, using AppSense to block out all the tab controls. After a half-hour > spent convincing the powers-that-be that this will suffice - I mean, users > generally don't know one process from another anyway - they have agreed that > the Processes tab isn't as vital, and they are happy for me to proceed with > the window restricted to the opening tab, fortunately this being > Applications. > > So on to the next task they want me to perform. Which is finding a way to > remove the buttons from the Log Off options on the Start Menu - yes, the > ones that are already disabled and greyed-out via Group Policy. They want > them removed *completely*. Ah, the challenges. :-) > > > On 11 March 2011 17:11, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow. They can’t come up with anything better for you to do than this? J >> >> >> >> I would just tell management that it’s not realistically possible and >> rather pointless anyway. >> >> >> >> One option might be Process Explorer. Obviously it has WAY more UI than >> task manager, but it **might** have some option for disabling most of its >> UI. >> >> >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2011 9:45 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Hide specific tabs in Task Manager >> >> >> >> Got a request from management to allow users to use the Task Manager, >> which I originally had disabled via GPO, but they only want it to show the >> Applications and Processes tabs. Nothing else. Not that they can do much on >> the other tabs, but they want them all hidden anyway. This is on a 2008 R2 >> XenApp 6 environment. >> >> I usually would use AppSense to do stuff like this, but their "lockdown" >> features appear to have taken a big step backwards in version 8 - you can't >> lock out individual tabs, only the whole row of tabs. Blanking out the >> window controls is possible but a bit hit-and-miss - they keep reappearing >> when the window refreshes. Which is kind of annoying, because now I've got >> to find an alternative way. >> >> So, does anyone know if there is a way to remove individual tabs in Task >> Manager? GPO, registry key, anything? My preliminary research seems to >> suggest that it's pretty much a non-starter. If that's the case, is there >> any other app or add-on I could deploy which would give users the ability to >> view and end their own apps and processes, but nothing else? I toyed with >> the idea of a custom scripted solution, but I'm here only for a few months >> building their new environment and ideally I'd like to keep it as mainstream >> as possible, so the support guys here can maintain it more easily going >> forwards. >> >> TIA, >> >> >> >> JRR >> >> -- >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into >> the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able >> rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such >> a question." >> >> *IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual >> addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, >> privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, >> no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the >> intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email >> is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an >> irritating social faux pas. >> >> Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context >> somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no >> grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the >> transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on >> borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of >> the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message >> revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice >> from Microsoft. >> >> However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your >> computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have >> received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk >> and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes.* >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > *IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual > addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, > no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the > intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email > is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an > irritating social faux pas. > > Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context > somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no > grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the > transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on > borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of > the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message > revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice > from Microsoft. > > However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your > computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have > received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk > and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes.* > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
