Removing Netscape Messenger from Communicator (W2K)

[WildFire]

Greetings (again).

In building my image, I'm trying to remove, limit, or disable users from using Netscape Messenger in Netscape Communicator 4.7x. I want them to be able to use the Navigator and Composer sides of it, but I don't really want anybody sending or receiving mail on these machines, and it can pose a small security risk.

I'm looking at a way of using the Group Policy Editor to prevent people from using it, but I'm not hopeful. Anybody know a hack or tweak?

Kevin A. Sesock

Deskside Computer Support Specialist
SLA Program
Computing Information Services
Oklahoma State University

[reghakr]

I've eliminated Netscape from all public machines.

I believe it can be accomplished only with 3rd party tools or Resource Hacker to grey-out the Messenger entries. Resource Hacker is available here:
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/>http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/</a>

It's the resdll.dll file you'll need to edit.

Another tool is Cooler by Fortres Grand Corp. Here's a link:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.fortres.com/products/cooler.htm>http://www.fortres.com/products/cooler.htm</a>

reghakr

[WildFire]

Thanks. Any idea which menu item to change? I'm guessing there's more than one. After looking at it, I'm thinking 1203 and 218.

Also, do you have a link to any information about hacking "resources"? I'd like to get more information and learn about how to actually go about hacking these resources.

Thanks for your help.

Kevin A. Sesock

Deskside Computer Support Specialist
SLA Program
Computing Information Services
Oklahoma State University

[reghakr]

WildFire,

Sorry, I don't have a copy on my machine so I can't check. I do recall there was more than one and I could never find that damn AOL Messenger entry.

Look over Resource Hackers' help file, it's pretty detailed.

reghakr