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We have used Deepfreeze at our library for over 10 years and have had no problems with it. Currently we are using deepfreeze version 6 which allows you to do administration from one computer to all your public computers. We use it on over 100 computers. Deepfreeze works on Vista and windows 7 as well as XP I wouldn't recommend steady state as it is only for XP and vista. Microsoft won't be continuing its use on Windows 7. We tried on different computers and had a lot of problems with it. It may be free but not worth the aggravation for the problems it caused. What steady state is - is a really locked down guest account so you will run into limitations with it and problems using some of the operating system whereas deepfreeze doesn't do that. Faronics offers discounts for libraries for volume licensing. We use PC Reservation and their print management system and it doesn't affect it at all. Deepfreeze also works on 64 bit systems You can download an evaluation from www.faronics.com if you want to test it. Sylvia MacKenzie Colchseter East Hants Public Library Truro NS Canada From: Library NT [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vermeersch, Scott M. Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 1:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [LIBNT-L] Deep Freeze You may also want to look at Microsoft SteadyState. Similar to Deepfreeze but free. Scott Vermeersch Systems Analyst Mayo Clinic Libraries E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] __________________________ Mayo Clinic 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 <http://www.mayoclinic.org/> www.mayoclinic.org _____ From: Library NT [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wong, Channing Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [LIBNT-L] Deep Freeze We use deep freeze with library online and trend micro. It works fine in that setup. If any problems or virus warnings come up staff can just restart the machine and it'll be like nothing has happened. The only real issue is scheduling updates to be done as the machines are frozen. This includes windows updates or any software installed including trend. There is a scheduler to setup update times. It is a good product. They will to unifying their management console eventually so I'm told so you can admin all their software from one panel. On Apr 5, 2010, at 9:00 AM, "Gretchen Garcia - LIBRARY" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Good morning LibNT! ;-) I am curious about your stories (good and bad) about using Deep Freeze in your environment. Especially if you have your public machines on a domain and use any sort of PC access management system (We are using SAM.) We are currently running XP and using Trend Micro as our Anti-virus. We seem to be running into walls using our current solution and we're not getting the response we would like from the vendor. Any and all stories (again, good, bad and ugly) would be appreciated. ;-) Thanks much! Thanks, Gretchen Garcia MCLD IT Services [log in to unmask] http://www.mcldaz.org "There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't." =) Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm