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Good point! That would certainly give an XPe Thin Client a good deal of
protection.<br>
<br>
With ThinStation, you can simply boot from a static ThinStation image
from floppy, CD, USB stick, or PXE. The cleanest and most flexible is
to boot a PXE-enabled computer from a remotely-served ThinStation boot
image. It's a small image so it's served to the workstation and boots
quickly. That way there's no storage device on the hard drive to infect
or damage.<br>
<br>
So many options...so little time to decide which one is best for your
situation and to test it! LOL!<br>
<br>
Chad<br>
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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer
Level 9 Networks
740-548-8070 (voice)
866-214-6607 (fax)
-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --</pre>
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JKENZIG wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">However
if your Thin Client has XPe (windows xp embedded) on it
and as long as you have enough room on the flash disk you very easily
can use deepfreeze
and workstation management software as well as lock it down with group
policy
and even steady state. Xpe is just a lean version of XP that we used
successfully for several years here at CCPL. We've only recently gone
back to
full PC's due to the expanding plethora of necessary plugins for all of
the
different databases. She specified she wants them for email so a TC
would
work beautifully for that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jim
Kenzig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cuyahoga
County Public Library <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org">oplintech-bounces@oplin.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org">mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chad Neeper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oplintech@oplin.org">oplintech@oplin.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] FW: Thin client computers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For what it's worth, I've used ThinStation (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://thinstation.sourceforge.net">http://thinstation.sourceforge.net</a>),
which is a FOSS (Free Open Source Software) solution to turn nearly any
old
computer into a thin client. This way old decommissioned computers were
given
new life without any additional hardware expense. It works well with
Microsoft's terminal services, so you can use a MS server as the
back-end if you
like. It also supports several other protocols besides RDP, so you have
several
back-end server options besides Microsoft.<br>
<br>
If you want to purchase new TC devices, Neoware (recently purchased by
Hewlett-Packard) makes some good thin clients with various models to
choose
from and reasonable prices. <br>
<br>
On the back-end, you have options also. Microsoft, of course, and then
any
number of free Linux options, might be among the most popular for
libraries.
I've even used a product called XPUnlimited (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.xpunlimited.com/">http://www.xpunlimited.com/</a>) to
share
out a Windows XP desktop to a small number of computers. It looks like
they
have a version now that supports Vista, FWIW. Locking down either
environment
probably shouldn't be too difficult, depending on your expertise in
your chosen
server operating system. Locking down the thin client's themselves
isn't the
issue. It's the server and the user profiles that you need to focus on.
In a TC
environment, on the server, Deep Freeze and/or the full hard drive
protection
features of SteadyState probably aren't your best options.<br>
<br>
Then the next hurdle is trying to get your pc reservation system and/or
print
management solution to work in a TC environment...<br>
<br>
Plenty of hands-on testing and configuring to do here before you roll
out your
solution!<br>
<br>
Good luck!<br>
<br>
Chad<br>
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-----------------------<br>
Chad Neeper<br>
Senior Systems Engineer<br>
<br>
Level 9 Networks<br>
740-548-8070 (voice)<br>
866-214-6607 (fax)<br>
<br>
-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --<br>
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Lucretia Wiley wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> below.<br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> *Lucretia Wiley * *Computer Systems
Technician* *Warren
Trumbull<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> County Public Library* *444 Mahoning
Avenue* *Warren,
OH 44483* <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> *330-399-8807 ext. 141* *Email: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org">wileyl@wtcpl.org</a><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org"><mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org></a>*<br>
<br>
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<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> ------------------------- *From:* Lucretia
Wiley
*Sent:* Monday,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> 21, 2008 12:36 PM *To:* <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:oplintech@oplin.lib.oh.us">oplintech@oplin.lib.oh.us</a>
*Subject:* Thin<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> client computers<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> ** *Good Afternoon,* ** *I wanted to find
out if any of
you have<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">thin<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> client computers at your* *library being
used as email
only<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">stations<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> and if so, what brands and* *models do you
have? Also,
how are you<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> locking them down and do * *you have a time
limit as to
how long<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> patron can use the station?* ** *We
currently use
deepfreeze to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">lock<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> the computers down and PC * *reservation to
reserve and
limit the<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> time a patron can use a computer.*<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> *I would like to look into using Windows
Steadystate to
lock the<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> computers* *down with so any suggestions
that anyone
could give me<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> would be highly* *appreciated.* ** *Thanks,*<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> *Lucretia Wiley * *Computer Systems
Technician* *Warren
Trumbull<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> County Public Library* *444 Mahoning
Avenue* *Warren,
OH 44483* <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> *330-399-8807 ext. 141* *Email: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org">wileyl@wtcpl.org</a><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org"><mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org></a>*<br>
<br>
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