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Restricting system date modification
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25/05/1999 21:16:27
 
 
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25/05/1999 20:54:52
Jorge Haro
Independent Consultant
Juarez, Mexico
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00222739
Message ID:
00222743
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I don't think it's possible to retsrict it 100%. But you can set a timer to synchronize the workstation's clock with the server.

Vlad

>-Is there a way to restrict users from changing the system date on Windows 95?
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>-Is it a good idea to use win95 instead of NT on workstations at all?
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>-Can I restrict it in NT.
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>-How about a third party product, I remember seeing some programs that restricted acces to the Control Panel in some display PC's at stores, still, people could insert a package in WordPad and run a DOS prompt.
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>I've had users changing the system date, making my app do funky things, they usually don't do it with bad intentions, but they could.
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>I have a bunch of other security concerns because in this particular system the file server is a win98 machine, anyone can see the app's folder, and could just delete the system if they felt like it!!!!!.
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>Is it possible to hide a given folder while making it accessible to an application, that is not client-server?. I thought of giving the folder in which the app is, a share name like NOONEWILLTHINKOFTHIS$, so it's invisible unless you now the share name, and have my app now this name and access it's data thtough it, what do you all think?, TIA
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>Jorge Haro
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