Probably not the appropriate list to discuss this, but the bottom line is if you
have W95 or W98 then you can't keep them out, you must have either NT or
2000 (set to need a login), then you can generally lock it down tighter than a
fishes bum (apart from hackers - but you can plug security holes as well)
> Heracles wrote:
>
> > Please tell me how you stop the "gremlins" from changing the system. We have a
>similar
> > number of systems and our computer coordinator spends almost of his three hours per
> > week (the time he is allowed off class to do the job of keeping the networks going)
> > reinstalling win98, removing viruses and replacing unimportant files like
>command.com
> > and io.sys that the students like to delete - just before they turn the system off
> > without shutting down.
> > Changing from windows is not an option as the DET have supplied the "Microsoft
>Set" to
> > all state schools and expect it to be used.
Yes it is an all girls school and no we don't have much malicious damage (or
attempts), they change the background or screensaver, but that is fixed
when they logout. We even teach the girls how to take out the mouse ball
and clean the rollers with a finger nail, rather than having to glue them shut.
> I think it's probably because it's a single sex girls school - am I
> right? I know the school I went to it was always the guys doing the
> nasty stuff and my step-daughter goes to a similar school as OLMC and I
> asked her about that a while ago. She said malicious stuff like that
> doesn't happen much. I expect Simon gets his fair share of dumb user
> mistakes too though :)
>
> Cheers,
> Graeme
>
>
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