Scripts

Is there anyway i can create the following script bat files?

A script to change the location of the My Documents to one central place.

A script to enable/disable certain users internet access, if they have
accessed inappropriate site and i want to stop access to the internet?

TIA

Carl

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:35:03 GMT, "Carl"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is there anyway i can create the following script bat files?
>
>A script to change the location of the My Documents to one central place.
>
>A script to enable/disable certain users internet access, if they have
>accessed inappropriate site and i want to stop access to the internet?
>
>TIA
>
>Carl
>

Think you can do the first bit in windows (Looks like I can in XP at
least)

If you open "my computer", in left hand pane you will see "other
places" option of "my documents", right click on it, select properties
and you will see an option to move it.

Cant hep with second bit

HTH
Cheers

Carl wrote:
> Is there anyway i can create the following script bat files?

Does it have to be a .bat file? The following


>
> A script to change the location of the My Documents to one central place.

Does it have to be a .bat file? The following .reg file would do it,
setting the my documents folder for the current user to U:\.. (Beware
word wrap in the following two examples)

====================
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders]
"Personal"="U:\\"
====================

or you could put it into a batch file I guess by doing this..

====================
@echo off
echo REGEDIT4 > temp.reg
echo. >>temp.reg
echo
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders] >>temp.reg
echo "Personal"="U:\\" >>temp.reg
start /w regedit /s temp.reg
del temp.reg
====================

There's probably a tidier way, I'm sure someone else will suggest something!

> A script to enable/disable certain users internet access, if they have
> accessed inappropriate site and i want to stop access to the internet?

Can't suggest anything for this I'm afraid, never had to do it. I use a
hardware router to block Internet access to all machines but my proxy,
then that accesses the Internet.

"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bDwed.1033$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there anyway i can create the following script bat files?
>
> A script to change the location of the My Documents to one central place.
>

This can be set via a logon profile, but you need a W2K server or SAMBA.

> A script to enable/disable certain users internet access, if they have
> accessed inappropriate site and i want to stop access to the internet?
>

Usual way to do this is with a proxy server..

> TIA
>
> Carl
>
>

"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bDwed.1033$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there anyway i can create the following script bat files?
>
> A script to change the location of the My Documents to one central place.
>
> A script to enable/disable certain users internet access, if they have
> accessed inappropriate site and i want to stop access to the internet?
>
> TIA
>
> Carl
>
>

How are you set up? Lots of users sharing one XP box? Or one machine
acting as a server and a domain running? (unlikely in home networking
admittedly...)

If you have several users using one XP box, you could try amending
permissions eg. on iexplore.exe, to deny them access. Could get messy tho,
you;d have to write down everything you changed to be able to back it out
again, and it's not a script...

Does something like 'net nanny' (or similar) have options to block certain
users?

If you use ICS (or similar) are there any security options on ICS (eg. don't
let x y or z connect...) to be set on the gateway machine?

Ian E

Carl wrote:
> Is there anyway i can create the following script bat files?
>
> A script to change the location of the My Documents to one central place.
>
> A script to enable/disable certain users internet access, if they have
> accessed inappropriate site and i want to stop access to the internet?
>
> TIA
>
> Carl
>
>
From your post I gather you use Windows but you don't say how you
connect to the net but --
The best way of controling web access is to put everthing through a
proxy server and block direct access to the internet fom the desktop pcs.

For Windows PCs Proxomitron (now called Naoko)--- see
http://www.proxomitron.info/ should do the job,
http://www.computercops.biz as help forums for Proxo but it is real
easy to setup.

This only one of any number of free filtering proxies but it is th most
suitable for DIY home use on a Windows Pc .

Another method is to change to a firewall such as Kerio which allows
remote administrator access.