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Vanessa, because this is still a relevant thread, I'm replying on-list
so everyone has a chance to toss in their two cents.<br>
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I actually like Mr. Houghtby's setup better. If you have a posted
policy (and, more importantly, the patrons obey it) to log off when
you're done with the computer, just have the computer reboot at logoff.<br>
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However, at the libraries where I have the automated reboot, there is
no such policy, and there are enough computers with moderate usage so
that any individual computer has a decent chance of sitting idle for an
hour. I've simply scheduled a task using the Windows Task Scheduler.
The task simply executes "shutdown -r -t 2" when the computer has been
sitting idle for 60 minutes. You can play around with the Task's
configuration to meet your own particular needs.<br>
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For what it's worth, I also configure tasks to shut the public
computers down each night and to display periodic warnings beginning 10
minutes prior to shutdown. To get more detail on your "shutdown"
options, open up a console prompt (Start->Run->cmd) and type
"shutdown /?". That should give you a clue into the various command
line parameters you can use.<br>
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Hope this helps a bit,<br>
Chad<br>
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Vanessa Bradt wrote:
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<pre wrap="">That's a good idea. How would you go about doing that?
Vanessa Bradt
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Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Solution for some flash memory drives not working on public computers?
Just a thought for a setup like Vanessa's:
If you don't already, you might consider adding a scheduled job to
auto-restart the workstation upon x amount of minutes of inactivity.
This might help reduce the chance of a patron's malware-infested storage
device from contaminating the next patron's storage device. That
strategy works very well with Deep Freeze.
Chad
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<pre wrap="">Yes, we had that problem here too. I think it's very frustration to patrons who come here to print a Word doc and they are encountered with a message they don't understand. I like to mimic the windows environment to what they would encounter at their home. But unlike their home computers, we use both Deep Freeze and Full Control. Our patron computers are stand alone with Internet access. Full Control stops patrons from changing settings and Deep Freeze doesn't allow any changes. So we decided there really was no reason to stop a patron from installing a new program. So, in Full Control there is a setting to allow any program to run. This has been several weeks and we have had no problems, in fact it really helps patrons who are novice computer users. Less messages that pop up that say it's not allowed to do something. So, if a virus does get through, which they do, and patrons install some program, once we reboot the system. All gone, back to the orig
inal configuration
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Vanessa Bradt, Automation Specialist
Norwalk Public Library
419-668-6063
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Subject: [OPLINTECH] Solution for some flash memory drives not working on public computers?
With the security we have on our public computers, there are some flash
memory drives that won't work. Some of these want to run their own
software, which doesn't work because we only allow the running of
certain software that's installed on the computer (Word, etc.), and I've
heard that even if we allowed the running of the applications on some of
the popular flash drives by adding them to our "run only" entry, some of
these programs would still have a problem because they want more access
to the registry than we should give them.
Has anyone encountered and solved a similar problem with giving access
to flash memory drives on public computers, or does anyone have any
suggestions - perhaps at least a list of program names for these drives
to add to my "run only" list?
Phil
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary dot org
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