how can i allow individual user to make changes in the network configuration (ie. changingt he ip address). While still disallowing any other changes? Only place i can find this option is logging on as Admin. I need to allow when logged in as the user.

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I can't imagine a situation where a user would ever have to change their ip address.







On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 9:31 am, mike wrote:

>how can i allow individual user to make changes in the network configuration (ie. 

>changingt he ip address). While still disallowing any other changes?  Only place 

>i can find this option is logging on as Admin.  I need to allow when logged in as 

>the user.

>

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Well i have a need to and was asking if anyone had a way of allowing a user on a computer to change it. It has to do with programming some equipment and is a unique configuation, need to keep the end user out of admin, they will log on as user, and we have to allow the user to change the ip address to program the equipment.


On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 11:08 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>I can't imagine a situation where a user would ever have to change their ip address.
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Proving a negative is always difficult, but I believe you cannot do what you seek 
- at least with XP alone. There might be 3rd party management apps.

There are very similar issues about making new internet connections without admin 
rights but I've not seen a convincing solution to that either.

Love to be proved wrong though . . .

Maybe you need to think laterally - can you script the change perhaps, or avoid the 
need as XP was not designed to give you the particular granularity of control you 
seek ?

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I do not think the Requirement can be avoided in this particular case. the IP address needs to be adderssed in each particuler case as it is based on a hex assignment for the ID of the equipment being programmed. Problem is we dont want the end users messing with any of the comp's settings other than that specific requirement, thus the need to enable in the user login. We'll keep plugging away at it, if we find anything usefull i'll post it.


On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 11:59 am, MartinM wrote:
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>Proving a negative is always difficult, but I believe you cannot do what you seek
>- at least with XP alone. There might be 3rd party management apps.
>
>There are very similar issues about making new internet connections without admin
>rights but I've not seen a convincing solution to that either.
>
>Love to be proved wrong though . . .
>
>Maybe you need to think laterally - can you script the change perhaps, or avoid the
>need as XP was not designed to give you the particular granularity of control you
>seek ?
>

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Would it solve your problem if the user were allowed to make any changes they wanted, delete files, modify settings, etc., but the computer would revert everything to some baseline every time the user logged off? In other words, no changes made by the user would "stick" after the user logged off? If so, there are a number of solutions, some even free, that would take care of this for you.


On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:41 pm, mike wrote:
>I do not think the Requirement can be avoided in this particular case. the IP address
>needs to be adderssed in each particuler case as it is based on a hex assignment
>for the ID of the equipment being programmed. Problem is we dont want the end users
>messing with any of the comp's settings other than that specific requirement, thus
>the need to enable in the user login.
> We'll keep plugging away at it, if we find anything usefull i'll post it.
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Possible, provided it would "undo" any installs, uninstalls, or anything else that they could change


On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:52 pm, Ari wrote:
>Would it solve your problem if the user were allowed to make any changes they wanted,
>delete files, modify settings, etc., but the computer would revert everything to
>some baseline every time the user logged off? In other words, no changes made by
>the user would "stick" after the user logged off?
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>If so, there are a number of solutions, some even free, that would take care of this
>for you.
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You might try the Group Policy Editor or the Security Configuration Editor.
Group Policy Editor = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307882/en-us
Security Configuration Editor = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214752/en-us

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Yep, you can set it to undo absolutely everything they do...every registry change, EVERYthing. Check out Windows Steady State, from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx


On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 1:48 pm, mike wrote:
>Possible, provided it would "undo" any installs, uninstalls, or anything else that
>they could change
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Why not do it yourself using the following free, malware free app: -

https://www.crossloop.com/landing.htm







On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 9:31 am, mike wrote:

>how can i allow individual user to make changes in the network configuration (ie. 

>changingt he ip address). While still disallowing any other changes?  Only place 

>i can find this option is logging on as Admin.  I need to allow when logged in as 

>the user.

>

>

 

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