How to block users from installing steam games

[76561198333320108]

Hi,
I am an administrator in IT at a school. We use steam for a game club that has a pre-approved list of games. I would install these games for the kids, but those would be the only ones that they could play. I'm finding out that the kids are able to install their own games under their steam accounts without admin priviledges. Is there a way to block or deny regular users from installing steam games by messing with permissions somehow? If so, how would you do that specifically. I would still want my admin user account to retain full rights to install games if needed. Thanks!

[76561198152167391]

I would advise just to remove steam and just dont let them get admin. Im in a game club and this is what they do. You can just tell them to get a usb and give them rules.

[ReBoot]

Several ways.
1. Steam's own family view
2. Windows' own family controls
3. Software restriction policies
In case of shared computers, you should employ #3 (with a whitelist) no matter what.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

did you just use an alt account to find out why the admin might have blocked your download?

[76561198333320108]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Several ways.
1. Steam's own family view
2. Windows' own family controls
3. Software restriction policies
In case of shared computers, you should employ #3 (with a whitelist) no matter what.

They are shared computers, so #3 looks promising. However, it would be nice to have the client update the games without admin interaction, but if this isn't achievable while still blocking game installations, then so be it. By having software restriction policies, would that still enable them to run/play the games that I've installed for them?

[76561198333320108]

Originally posted by ム:

I would advise just to remove steam and just dont let them get admin. Im in a game club and this is what they do. You can just tell them to get a usb and give them rules.

Steam is required to install the games that I have approved, such as dota 2. It also uses Steam to run the game, so I can't just get rid of it.

[ReBoot]

As I said, using SRP with a white list of allowed programs would solve your problem. You can set those SRP to use paths instead of hashes, so Steam can update games just fine, it just won't be able to run anything not on the white list.

[76561198333320108]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

As I said, using SRP with a white list of allowed programs would solve your problem. You can set those SRP to use paths instead of hashes, so Steam can update games just fine, it just won't be able to run anything not on the white list.

Ok, I will look into that. Thanks!