VMware Bridge Protocol and Group Policy

[JohnSayce]

I have a number of users (without local admin rights) that require the use of a Virtual Machine but who do not require network access. So the easiest thing to do seems to be to disable the vmware bridge protocol. This works great however I want to be able to disable this centraly using group policy. I can run a script or change a registry file. I'm pretty happy making an msi installation file if this is required but I can't seem to find and means of turning this off.

I'd be very gratefull if someone could help me out.

Also I'm open to other work arrounds that achieve the same result.

I have version 2.5.1 build-126130 of the player and I also have copies of the workstation if this is required.

Cheers

[jokke]

This might not be what you had in mind, but removing the virtual networking services (bridge, nat, dhcp) in the host would effectively prevent network access from guest.

These commands will do that;

"vnetlib -- uninstall bridge"

"vnetlib -- uninstall dhcp"

"vnetlib -- uninstall nat"

"vnetlib -- uninstall legacy" will be the same as the 3 above.

Joakim

[JohnSayce]

Cheers

I think I will be able to get something working with that.

John