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Non Registry Invasive.
Most access
control utilities use the registry to apply their security measures. Apart from a couple
of exceptions WinForcer uses the windows API instead. This means that it will not
adversely affect the configuration of your system. By configuration I mean registry i.e.
where your PC stores all it’s settings. A registry invasive program will flick
‘switches’ in your registry which are stored permanently in the machine.
WinForcer is different because its settings are controlled within the program, not the
operating system. So when you shut WinForcer down you get your PC back with full
functionality. In an invasive scenario you don’t get the PC back until you
‘flick the switch’ (and usually reboot).
So what does this mean? Lets look at a couple of
examples ;
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Using a Printer Share. |
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Registry Invasive Scenario. |
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The WinForcer Way. |
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Dean Counter works in the finance department. Finance has just
had a new departmental printer. In order to set Dean up with the new printer you would
have to log Dean out, log in as an administrator, reset his privileges to be able to
access the printers folder. Then you will need to log in as Dean again, set the printer
up, and log Dean out. After this you then Log in as administrator and reset the privileges
so that that Dean cannot access the printer folder. Now Log out again and give Dean back
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Suspend WinForcer (a double click, password and one one click
– no log out here!). Set the printer up. Click on WinForcer and click resume. |
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Setting up Security. |
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Registry Invasive Scenario. |
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The WinForcer Way. |
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Al Belate is an IT administrator setting up security on the
desktops. He wants to stop all users (apart from himself of course) from accessing certain
things on the companies PCs. He goes into his registry invasive program and configures it
as he likes it. Now he wants any new user of the PC to have these settings so he saves it
to the Default user profile. He then realizes that if the user has previously logged onto
a particular PC the settings won’t apply. He then has to copy his configuration to
every user that has used the machine (or groups of users at least). |
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It’s already configured, Ok so I need to add a few programs
that I have on my site but it’s better than starting from scratch. How many users do
I need to set up? Well only the one because the settings are applied to all users.
OK so if I want to have different users they need
to be configured individually still better to do it for the few rather than the many.
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Miscellaneous PC Problems. |
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Registry Invasive Scenario. |
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The WinForcer Way. |
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Well you’ve locked everything up so you have to log out and
log in as administrator. Then fix the users problem (assuming it’s not user profile
related – in which case you’ll have to go through the rigmarole of the printer
share scenario). After you’ve fixed the problem log out and get the user to log in
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You may have heard this before ; Suspend
WinForcer, fix the
problem and resume WinForcer. |
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Help I cannot access Anything Even as Administrator! |
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Registry Invasive Scenario. |
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The WinForcer Way. |
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List
of Options ; 1. Try to get the registry invasive
program to sort it out. 2. Dive into the registry and sort it out yourself 3. Reinstall
the operating system. |
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1. Suspend WinForcer (need the password) 2. Log in as
administrator because the program will not block administrator access (once
you set up the password) and cannot destroy your registry because it
doesn’t use it*). |
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* WinForcer does not use the registry to apply
settings with the exception of the hide drives and stop cd autorun options. Uninstallation
will clean these options from the registry leaving your system registry as was.
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