did someone notice that,by default,microsoft installs the shadow copy client software that gives ordinary users the ability to restore data when on a server the shadow copy is enabled?? i dont like that and i am looking for a way to disable this possibility for the ordinary users...i still need the shadow copies but offcourse only the admins may use this for restoring files.

Why not consider using GPO to disable the service on workstations?  Keep in mind that any other programs, scripts or whatever that relies on it would obviously fail.

actually when disabeling the volume shadow copy service,its disabeling the ability to use shadow copy on a client, but it still gives a user the ability to use shadow copies on the server and i dont want them to use that. i still dont know how to solve this :(

Weird, I hadn't noticed that it got installed with SP2. MS is good at sneaking stuff like that in. I understand why they did it, but, most companies want the same thing as you. Make it easy for us admins but don't give the end-users anything that will confuse 'em. :)

A few things to check into/test:

http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=9016

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/dpm/proddocs/a4d1bb38-85f4-4e68-8c83-fc211e677131.mspx?mfr=true (I've never heard of this "DPM Admin Console" before... it makes it sound like you can make a schema change and configure AD so clients will or won't be able to use Previous Versions...I might be misunderstanding it thought because I just skimmed over it)

Actually, I just ran across this.. The article is named horribly but I think the stuff at the end might do the trick. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=888603. You could create a custom ADM and push this out via Group Policy pretty easily.

To disable the Previous Versions tab

loadTOCNode(2, 'resolution'); To disable the Previous Versions tab on individual client computers, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2.	Locate and then click either of the following registry subkeys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3.	On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4.	Type NoPreviousVersionsPage, and then press ENTER.
5.	Right-click NoPreviousVersionsPage, and then click Modify.
6.	In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
7.	Quit Registry Editor.

Alternatively, you can use the Reg.exe utility to disable the Previous Versions tab. To do this, type either of the following commands at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:

REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer /v NoPreviousVersionsPage /t REG_DWORD /d 1

REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer /v NoPreviousVersionsPage /t REG_DWORD /d 1

Nice :-)

 

i will test in in our lab and lett you all know

i tried the following:

Sweet... Did you have to install the hotfix? Or does SP2 already include the new DLLs that support that registry setting?

no hotfix.just a default windows xp with sp2