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color:#1F497D'>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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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> oplintech-bounces@oplin.org
[mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chad Neeper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> oplintech@oplin.org<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
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>
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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>
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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
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>
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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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Chad Neeper<br>
Senior Systems Engineer<br>
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Level 9 Networks<br>
740-548-8070 (voice)<br>
866-214-6607 (fax)<br>
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-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --<br>
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --<br>
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Lucretia Wiley wrote:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> *Lucretia Wiley * *Computer Systems Technician* *Warren
Trumbull<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> County Public Library* *444 Mahoning Avenue* *Warren,
OH 44483* <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> *330-399-8807 ext. 141* *Email: <a
href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org">wileyl@wtcpl.org</a><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> <a href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org"><mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org></a>*<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> ------------------------- *From:* Lucretia Wiley
*Sent:* Monday,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>July<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> 21, 2008 12:36 PM *To:* <a
href="mailto:oplintech@oplin.lib.oh.us">oplintech@oplin.lib.oh.us</a>
*Subject:* Thin<br>
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<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>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> client computers at your* *library being used as email
only<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>stations<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> and if so, what brands and* *models do you have? Also,
how are you<br>
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<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>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> patron can use the station?* ** *We currently use
deepfreeze to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>lock<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> the computers down and PC * *reservation to reserve and
limit the<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> time a patron can use a computer.*<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> *I would like to look into using Windows Steadystate to
lock the<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> computers* *down with so any suggestions that anyone
could give me<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> would be highly* *appreciated.* ** *Thanks,*<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> *Lucretia Wiley * *Computer Systems Technician* *Warren
Trumbull<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> County Public Library* *444 Mahoning Avenue* *Warren,
OH 44483* <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> *330-399-8807 ext. 141* *Email: <a
href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org">wileyl@wtcpl.org</a><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal>> <a href="mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org"><mailto:wileyl@wtcpl.org></a>*<br>
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