Security at DOS Boot

Michael St. Clair (stclair@athena.csdco.com)
Sat, 3 Aug 1996 12:10:43 EDT

I'm pretty new at this and need assistance in how I can go about
protecting student computers when they boot. Specifically, I am trying
to keep students from having access to the DOS prompt when the machines
boot. I want the config.sys and autoexec.bat files to execute fully and
not be bypassed.

Shift, F5, and F8 during a boot bypasses these files and I want to
DISABLE this function.... Are there other ways that bypass autoexec and
config that I don't know about?

I'm sure this has been figured out but I can't put my finger on the
correct answer.

Once autoexec leads the student into Windows I've found several products
that do a good job protecting the system there.

System Info: Gateway P5/75, DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups

Thanks for your thoughtful reply.

Mike St. Clair
City of Colorado Springs
Community Prep School
stclair@athena.csdco.com