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Originally posted by Allen Schoessler
I'm in charge of a computer that is used for projecting the songs for worship services. We're moving towards a passworded system, but right now it needs to be open because sometimes people use it for authentic uses during the week when someone with the password can't be there.
Someone keeps installing Limewire on the computer. This is a processor/network hog which brings a happy collection of spyware with it. This degrades the proformance of the computer. Besides, the software has no business being on a church worship projection computer. :p
So, aside from passwording, what is a way that I can keep Limewire off of the computer? Spyware scans and uninstalling it every week are taking up a lot of my time. I have used the hosts file to block Limewire's website, but now they are bringing it in on CD. I thought of writing a simple program to close the Limewire setup program if it tries to run, but I can't help but think there is a better way.
Any ideas?
If you are using Windows 2000 or XP create a new user and make it a restricted user. Then password protect the master account (probably an administrator account) and set the new user as the default logon user.