Can
I expand Gretchen’s question and ask if anyone is using Deep Freeze as
the only
solution in protecting their machines, or if you find the need to
continue with
a virus protection software as well. Thanks.
Steven
Hartung
Pamunkey
Regional Library
804.537.6214
office
804.537.6389 fax
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
You
may also want to look at Microsoft SteadyState. Similar to
Deepfreeze but free.
From: Library
NT
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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.
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
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