Stopping users from manually creating network profiles (Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit)
Hi all,
At my place of work, a need has arisen to control the wifi settings on laptops more tightly. Part of this is to prevent users from connecting to non-company wifi networks. Using Group Policy, I've been able to prevent users from creating an ad
hoc network. However, I can't seem to find a way to prevent the use of the "Manually create a network profile" option in Manage Wireless Networks. Is there any way I can prevent users from doing this?
For reference, the group policy I have in place has the following settings:
Use Windows wireless LAN network services for clients
Enabled
Shared user credentials for network authentication
Enabled
Hosted networks
Enabled
Allow user to view denied networks
Enabled
Allow everyone to create all user profiles
Enabled
Only use Group Policy profiles for allowed networks
Disabled
Prevent connection to infrastructure networks
Enabled
Prevent connection to adhoc networks
Enabled
Thanks.
October 9th, 2012 9:05pm
Hi,
You need to enable Only use Group Policy profiles for allowed networks option, it should block users from connecting to any network but those you specify on the preferred list.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759204.aspx
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October 10th, 2012 1:25am
Hi,
Any update?Juke Chou
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November 7th, 2012 9:01am