Windows mobile

[davyboi]

hi, our science dept has got around 30 dell PDAs that they use for this data harvest thing, is there anyway you can lock these down so that the kids cant access games, msn and more importantly bluetooth, as one child send a porn video to one of the pdas from his phone.

 

Cheers dave.

[Niraj]

I am currently working with Windows Mobile devices.

 

From what i can see, there is no way to lock the device down in the way that you are looking for.

 

They are designed for Corporate use, so the only locking down is in the form of pin codes, authentication and if the device is lost.

 

I have not found a way or some form of security policy that will enable you to disable things like bluetooth and not saving to the device, etc.

[uk101man]

You could take a look at this http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/mobile/default.mspx. From the Overview

 

"Application Allow and Deny

The Mobile Device Manager application allow and deny feature helps empower IT professionals to decide which software applications may run on which devices for productivity, compliance, or other business reasons. This feature helps provide enterprise control over what software can be installed and run on the organization's Windows Mobile devices."

 

or at this

http://www.soti.net/default.asp?Cmd=Products&SubCmd=MC