XCCC: Disabling NetMeeting Features Using Windows 2000 Policies (311756)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server
This article was previously published under Q311756

SUMMARY

During online conference meetings, you may have to prevent other participants from starting any or all of the default NetMeeting features, which includes the white board, chat, file transfer, and application sharing.

There is presently no way to administer this change in functionality from the Exchange Conferencing Server, therefore, the configuration must be administratively defined by using Windows 2000 Group Policy Objects (GPOs). This article explains where a conferencing administrator may go to manage these features.

MORE INFORMATION

  1. In Active Directory Users and Computers, right-click the top-level domain object, and then click Properties.
  2. Click the Group Policy tab.
  3. Click the Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit to open the Group Policy window.
  4. Under User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, and then expand NetMeeting.
In the NetMeeting container, you can disable any NetMeeting functionality that you want. After you modify these settings, all users and groups that have this policy applied to them will adhere to these specific settings.

NOTE: The preceding information pertains to Windows 2000 and later. For earlier version clients that cannot take advantage of the preceding Windows 2000 policy, you must use the NetMeeting Resource Kit to create a NetMeeting self-extracting executable, and define the appropriate settings.

For additional information about the administration and configuration of policies, refer to Windows 2000 Help.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbhowto KB311756
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