SPECIAL REPORT: Bulletproof Windows -- Reining in users

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>>About this email: >>Click here to receive this email as text in the future May 31, 2002 News and advice from the editors of searchWin2000.com Special Report: Bulletproof Windows -- Reining in users Special Report Summary What network hasn't suffered because someone downloaded a game from the Internet that turned out to be a Trojan horse? Check out the resources in this report. Then join Roberta Bragg Thursday, June 6, at 2 p.m. EST (19:00 GMT) for a live Webcast: "Keeping Johnny out of the Command Line." >> What is XP Software Restriction Policy? Ask Roberta >> Sign up for the June 6 Webcast Access Denied: XP puts a fence around software By Roberta Bragg (SearchWin2000) 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. What Help Desk hasn't been flooded with calls from users who just couldn't resist adjusting some Control Panel switch or poking around in the registry? 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. Read Full Story Sponsored By Security Decisions Gain FREE attendance at the 3-day Security Decisions conference! Security Decisions is only 3 weeks away (June 19-21 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel) so you must act now. Benefit from unprecedented networking opportunities and NO vendor sales pitches disguised as content. Top speakers, session content and FREE registration available on our Web site link directly below. Click here to discover more and to gain FREE attendance. Related information from searchWin2000.com ADVICE: >> FEATURED TOPIC: Secrets of the desktop Treat yourself to this smorgasbord of information about managing user desktops, including a Q&A interview with SearchWin2000 desktop guru Jerry Honeycutt. >> TIP: How to boost network logon security Make the logon your first line of defense with this set of "dos and don'ts" from our crack SearchWindowsManageability's Ask the Expert team. >> ASK THE EXPERTS : Tips on Group Policy management Jerry Honeycutt has three pieces of advice. The first is work from a plan. Click below for the other two. >> TIP: Securing the Windows 2000 workstation Eight basic steps to help protect your network from attack via a Win2k workstation. >> ASK THE EXPERT: Permission issues for power users Learn how security templates and security configuration and analysis tools can empower Power Users without adding them to the Local admin group. >> TIP: No Microsoft security cert, now what? Ed Tittel's short list of sites to help you keep your Windows security know-how up-to-date. Think of it as a promise of your own job security. LINKS: >> Clients and Desktops -- Windows XP >> Clients and Desktops -- Windows 2000 Professional >> Client Administration -- Administration & Maintenance >> Security -- Policy Management >> Windows 2000 Administration, Tools and Utilities -- User and Account Management NEWS: >> Microsoft warns of new debugger flaw (CNET) 22 May 2002 >> Windows Decisions: The security decision (SearchWin2000 ) 10 May 2002 >> Gartner: Securing Windows takes 15% longer than Unix (SearchWin2000 ) 16 Apr 2002 >> Minding XP 07 Feb 2002 (SearchWin2000 ) 07 Feb 2002 A B O U T T H I S E - M A I L: This e-mail is brought to you by TechTarget where you can get relevant search results from over 20 industry-specific Web sites. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed. Copyright 2001 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved.