Locking Down an Office Configuration
Administrators can configure an installation of Microsoft Office 2003 that restricts user access to some or all menu options by using policies, the Custom Installation Wizard or—after an initial installation—the Custom Maintenance Wizard.
To further restrict access to system areas from users, administrators can lock portions of the registry and folders or drives using the security-related features of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Locking the registry can be accomplished safely for the following registry branches:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR)
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC)
Locking down the HKEY_USERS or HKEY_CURRENT_USER branches can present problems for some applications and should ...
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