Black Coffee, A New Tool For Locking Down PCs

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Sep 9th @ 10:54 AM

Over on gHacks, Martin recently previewed a new tool that system admins for small shops will find handy: Black Coffee. Presumably named for one of the favorite beverages of I.T. pros everywhere, the utility provides an admin an easy way to enable and disable certain options on a PC like disabling the ability to shutdown Windows, disabling command prompt, disabling the ability to download and install apps from IE, and so on. The program is made to lock down the settings of local users and local admins, so it’s not really designed to be run in a domain environment. But for a small workgroup setup, it could certainly be a useful way to quickly lock down a few settings. It might also prove useful for a home workgroup, too, to secure a shared PC from being overrun by programs downloaded by the kids. Local users can run the utility and view the settings, but they cannot make changes. The program is freeware and is available for download from here.