allow users to open/modify Date and Time

OK, let me restate the question. I don't want users to modify, but want them
to have rights to open the timedate.cpl and see the calendar.


"Pegasus [MVP]" <news.RemoveThis@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Fantômas" <Fantômas@ScotlandYard.net> wrote in message
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>> If i give users Full Control to the
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
>> Folder\PowerCfg key in the regestry, then can change Power Options. I am
>> guessing there is a Key I can give users full control so they can open
>> and modify Date and Time on the system. Does anybody know what that key
>> is?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Rather than hacking the registry, your preferred attempt should be to set
> a local or domain policy that allows users to set the System Time.
>

>>> "Fantômas" <Fantômas@ScotlandYard.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23fQ3CTRQKHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> If i give users Full Control to the
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
>>> Folder\PowerCfg key in the regestry, then can change Power Options. I am
>>> guessing there is a Key I can give users full control so they can open
>>> and modify Date and Time on the system. Does anybody know what that key
>>> is?
>>>
>>> Thanks


>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news.TakeThisOut@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OBZMCXRQKHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Rather than hacking the registry, your preferred attempt should be to set
>> a local or domain policy that allows users to set the System Time.


> "Fantômas" <Fantômas@ScotlandYard.net> wrote in message
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> OK, let me restate the question. I don't want users to modify,
> but want them to have rights to open the timedate.cpl
> and see the calendar.


Hi "Fantômas",

Perhaps this is what you are looking for:

Control Panel> [Performance and Maintenance] Administrative Tools>
\Local Security Policy
\Security Settings
\Local Policies
\User Rights Assignment
\Change the system time

Change the system time

This user right determines which users and groups can change the time and
date on the internal clock of the computer. Users that are assigned this
user right can affect the appearance of event logs. If the system time is
changed, events that are logged will reflect this new time, not the actual
time that the events occurred.

This user right is defined in the Default Domain Controller Group Policy
object (GPO) and in the local security policy of workstations and servers.

Default:
On workstations and servers:
Administrators
Power Users

On domain controllers:
Administrators
Server Operators
- - -

Limited Users under the above scheme, when trying to access the Date and
Time Properties would get this message: "You do not have the proper
privilege level to change the System Time." I don't see a way with the above
policy to grant access to the clock and calendar settings, without also
granting modification privileges. It appears to be all or nothing.

If all you need is a SysTray Calendar, here are some options:

QuickMonth Calendar Freeware download from SnapFiles
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/quickmonth.html
[Claims no Adware or Spyware within. My NOD32 AV scan was clean.]

Calendar that Runs In the System Tray
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=950
[Instructive for Visual Basic programmers.]

100 Google Search results for Systray Calendar:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=systray+calendar


HTH. (Hope This Helps.
--Richard