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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>+1 to what Greg said. I use one limited Windows domain profile and have a gpo restricting ANY access to .exe, .vbs, etc. that isn’t recognized. If a patron manages to close the timer intentionally, we have a zero tolerance policy for shenanigans of this magnitude – an instant ban. Another option you could use is Anti-Executable from Faronics (http://www.faronics.com/enterprise/anti-executable). It allows only selected programs to run and nothing else. If I wasn’t using group policies, I would be using this.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Chad Morris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Franklin-Springboro Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>44 E. Fourth Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Franklin, OH 45005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Office: 937.746.2665<br>Cell: 937.301.2465<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Fax: 937.746.2847<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="https://mail.oplin.org/webmail/src/compose.php?send_to=morrisch%40oplin.org"><span style='color:black'>morrisch@oplin.org</span></a><br><a href="www.fspl.org"><span style='color:black'>www.fspl.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kozick, Gregory<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> Chad Neeper; oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] clever children...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>We use Software Restriction Policies through Microsoft Group Policy to limit the programs that can be run from our public machines. The public can still save and download files; they can even download programs, but they can’t run them. Only what Windows needs to function and the official list of supported applications can be run from a public user account.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><img border=0 width=268 height=69 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCF22A.674D7720" alt="Description: Description: Description: logo"><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";color:blue'>Greg Kozick, MCSA</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";color:blue'>Network Services Coordinator</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";color:blue'>direct: 330-643-9144 • mobile: 330-351-9446 • email: <a href="mailto:gkozick@akronlibrary.org">gkozick@akronlibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="77%" noshade style='color:#FF8000' align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";color:blue'>Visit </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="http://www.itsitblog.com/"><span style='color:red'>It's IT</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Light ITC","sans-serif";color:blue'>, Your Essential Technology Source; for Valuable PC Tips and Tricks• IT Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/ItsitBlog">@ItsitBlog</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="77%" noshade style='color:#FF8000' align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Chad Neeper [mailto:cneeper@level9networks.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] clever children...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Process Explorer is a very, very useful tool that has been around and in continual development for a long time. Microsoft acquired the company and the lead developer several years ago. It definitely worth keeping in your arsenal.<br><br>I'm not familiar with the workings of pcreservation, but if the program that the patrons are killing is a Windows Service, you might be able to find the service and, in the Recovery tab, set the service to auto-restart after failure. That may or may not restart the service in your particular case, where the user is terminating the service intentionally (not a failure, per se), but it would help if the service just spontaneously crashed on its own.<br><br>Also in the service's General tab, you may find the exact command used to launch the service. You might be able to schedule a task to restart the service upon event of it's termination. Windows 7 (if you're using it) has enhanced task scheduling capabilities. You'd need to explore the execute on event trigger to see if you could trigger the task upon termination of your particular program/service.<br><br>Those thoughts are what popped into my head first.<br><br>HTH,<br>Chad<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Systems Engineer</span><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</span><br><br><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Full LAN/WAN consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 2/22/2012 4:35 PM, R Young wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><pre>... have found a way to circumvent our pc reservation time limit system. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>they log on as usual, then launch a program called process explorer to kill <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the pcreservation program. this allows them to stay on for an unlimited <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>amount of time.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I just discovered this today, and the things I have tried have not been <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>foolproof in preventing them from launching the program. We allow people to <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>save to flash drives, and I don't want to restrict that. However, using <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Windows 2003 server, and setting restrictions on launching programs from <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>removable media doesn't prevent a user from launching process explorer from <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>a flash drive.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there something I have overlooked. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(Parenthetically, this program seems like it would be a handy tool for <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>techies looking for a quick way to close programs; much more elegant than <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>task manager--and free, to boot.)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>thanks for any help <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>OPLINTECH mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org">OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplintech">http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplintech</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Search: <a href="http://oplin.org/techsearch">http://oplin.org/techsearch</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>