Setting up an internet only guest account

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I am moving in with some roommates soon, and I was wondering how to set
up an internet only guest account, where anyone can come along, and
surf the web, and play one game I have installed, and nothing else. I
googled and found how to protect files, but how do you do the same with
applications? I basically want to have no access and not even show any
other programs or files, like a brand new out of the box computer, is
this possible? I am running xp pro.
 
I am moving in with some roommates soon, and I was wondering how to
set up an internet only guest account, where anyone can come along,
and
surf the web, and play one game I have installed, and nothing else. I
googled and found how to protect files, but how do you do the same
with
applications? I basically want to have no access and not even show
any other programs or files, like a brand new out of the box computer,
is
this possible? I am running xp pro.
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Create a user account called "Visitors" and then lock it down either
with Group Policies (gpedit.msc) or the MS Shared Computer Toolkit.

microsoft.public.windows.group_policy - MS newsgroup for questions about
Group Policy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Malke
 
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