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10.4: Disable the installation of Dashboard Widgets
Authored by: bkazez on May 12, '06 09:55:13AM

Interesting hint, although an installed widget has no more potential for harm than an application downloaded to the desktop. They can do an equal amount of damage to a system, and under the plan you mention, the user would still be able to download malicious applications (and widgets) to the desktop and run them.

Ben

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10.4: Disable the installation of Dashboard Widgets
Authored by: bkazez on May 12, '06 10:04:42AM

I should have mentioned how it's possible to run a widget without installing it, since this isn't common knowledge:

1. Double-click the uninstalled widget.

2. Hold down command and option.

3. The "Install" button in the confirmation dialog box will have changed to "Run."

Ben

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10.4: Disable the installation of Dashboard Widgets
Authored by: neuralstatic on May 12, '06 10:53:30AM

well you can prevent which applications a user can run in the Accounts settings, Desktop or Application folder.

i personally just disable dashboard for all users since they're resource pigs.
but to keep a locked suite of 'ok' widgets, this tip looks useful.



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10.4: Disable the installation of Dashboard Widgets
Authored by: mm2270 on May 15, '06 07:18:12AM

I ended up disabling the whole dashboard environment for my users when I rolled out Tiger because there are too many games for Dashboard. Being in a corporate environment, getting caught playing a game is the kiss of death, so I did this to remove any temptation to do so. I'm actually protecting the users, even though I'm sure some of them don't see it that way.

However, I'll take a closer look at this hint to see if setting up a limited and accepted Dashboard environment will work.



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