Setting up a limited Guest account on 2003

Hey all did some searching but have not found anything very clear. i simply need to set up a guest account on a windows 2003 server box - this account i more or less only want to give full access to 3 or 4 programs , IE and Outlook that is it.

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Hey all
 
did some searching but have not found anything very clear.
 
i simply need to set up a guest account on a windows 2003 server box - this account i more or less only want to give full access to 3 or 4 programs , IE and Outlook that is it.
 
i do not want them to be able to install any programs or chang any settings.
 
I tried one way of this but seems it was the long way - anyone suggest the best way to do this?
 
thnx in advance

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A local account or Domain account?

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Wouldn't this basically be a power user account or what ever MS is calling it in .NET ?!?
 
Looks like you'll want to use the Local Security Settings under Admin Tools. Look for Software Restriction Policies.

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YOu have to use Group policy to restrict the use of programs
 
I would just hide everything on the Desktop that you could
 
Unless they know where to find the programs

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So is this where you would make this user a member of a group, say the power users group, then restrict the usage of this group on the local machine ?!?