You can dictate which software will and will not run via "Publisher rule," which you can create by browsing to any file by a particular manufacturer Publisher , and then choosing whether to allow or disallow software based on various criteria. You also can use it in whitelist mode, allowing only specifically named software to run. If it isn't on the list, it isn't allowed to run.
However, it is only available for the Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 and not the more cost-effective Professional version. It is not available, or expected to be backported, for Windows XP. Don't forget that the power of Windows 7 makes it especially important to use a test environment to ensure your Group Policy Objects work the way you want before you roll them into production. Use a GPO administrative tool to create GPOs offline, try them out in the test lab, and then roll them into production once you are confident they work the way they should.
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Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How to set the network profile of Windows 7 via group policy? Ask Question. Asked 11 years ago. Active 11 years ago. Viewed 24k times. Improve this question. Ricket Ricket 2 2 gold badges 7 7 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Hey Ricket, I think I have your answer for you. PART 2 - How to manage it Set it to run in the user's security context and to remove it when it is no longer applied.
Now, assign users to this GPO through a group or some other method. This will kick down the registry key to the HKCU of the user, and the logon script will pick that up and build the Network Location.
If they delete one of the ones you push down in the GPO, it will come back on net logon. If it's not, no big deal - it'll end without a fight.
Slight adjustment to my section at the bottom titled If you don't want to use this whole central managed thing, it's real simple. Hi joshua, This script works great with Win 7, but is not working for windows xp sp3. I am trying to have a sharepoint library target to be placed as shortcut under MyNetworkPlaces, so users can save word docu straight to it. The script places a object but nothing happens when I click on it.
Any help. This is a wonderful solution. I need to give credentials to add the network location. Can you help me with this? Just to Confirm this method works and will appear in "computer" "this PC" as a yellow shortcut which is available to open and save to. It is not quite as good as a mapped drive as you have to click on "computer" "this pc" to access the shortcut. It is not in the collapsible menu on the left in explorer so not as fast to get to as mapped drive.
Tested on Windows 7 x64 client and Windows 8. So if you don't mind it always being accessed underneath "computer" "this pc" then there is no requirement for the script below. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Server TechCenter.
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