At work we have 200 office 2007 std licenses and 50 office pro 2007 licenses (for people who need Access). We are currently using SMS 2003, if a member of the professional security group logged onto a PC it would automatically install the pro version and if a member of the standard security group logged on only standard would be installed.
What we are looking to do is to install professional on all computers and find a way that only 50 people could run it. I know this is not totally agreeing with the license agreement but I think it should stand up in court.
I've been looking into using group policies and there is one to prevent windows components where you like the executable. But the only way I have found to do this would be to use registry settings and use SMS 2003 to publish the registry settings for the 50 people who are allowed.
Any ideas on how to manage what software users can use?
Cheers
What we are looking to do is to install professional on all computers and find a way that only 50 people could run it. I know this is not totally agreeing with the license agreement but I think it should stand up in court.
I've been looking into using group policies and there is one to prevent windows components where you like the executable. But the only way I have found to do this would be to use registry settings and use SMS 2003 to publish the registry settings for the 50 people who are allowed.
Any ideas on how to manage what software users can use?
Cheers