On Tuesday 27 February 2007 23:58, Russell Jones wrote: > Well, not as tidy as AD (nor, I suspect, as difficult to diagnose when > it goes wrong) is to use something like AutoYaST to roll out software > and configuration packages (which you roll yourself). Far more powerful > than the MS mandated and controlled policy system, though you can do > similar things with MSIs and the MS package distribution system (SMS is > it?).
At this point, the battle's over. One can control pretty much every aspect of a user's desktop with AD, including the ability to use right-clicks for context menus etc, access to software (the fact that Office is installed doesn't mean you can use it). Q Why do IT managers not deploy Firefox on Windows? A Because of their security concerns Q What security concerns? A Things that users might do, that they are not allowed to do. Such as download software. Such as change their proxy settings. If a site's using AD, and if they have lots of Windows desktops they should be, you won't get more than peripheral stuff off the Windows boxes, and the Windows serverss (some of them anyway) will remain because they are required for AD. -- Cheers John Summerfield -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
