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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] SteadyState - no Win7</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For years, the only user control we had on our public PCs was Deep Freeze. Then a new IT Specialist, frustrated and appalled at the lack of updates, removed Deep Freeze and tried to just lock everything down. (<span style='color:red'>Sort of the reverse direction that we aged library IT folk have moved in over our careers</span><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> Yep, been there started with W3.11 & DOS 6.0. Lock those babies down tight and then find a child to break it (any child would do because they knew more about the computers than we did).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>That IT person lasted 6 months with us. We now have no Deep Freeze and crippled public computers. Something needs to change.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:red'>What direction do you all recommend I push New IT Specialist? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Don, we have been trying to get to the point where our patrons can do anything they can at home (short of installing programs and messing with the system files). It actually has made my life easier. I have fewer questions about <b>“Why can’t I <i>{add your own nightmare here}</i>!”</b> <b> </b>As long as Deep Freeze is installed and in the frozen state, you should be good to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Does Deep Freeze allow some way that regular updates can automatically be installed, or is it still the tedious process of visiting every machine, booting unlocked, installing updates, and rebooting locked?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>The Deep Freeze console is the way to go, hands down & no doubt about it! You can cause the computers to boot at any time you choose & then just have it boot in an unfrozen state & run windows update (I have a WSUS running here, cuts down on the outside internet traffic).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Dan Will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Technology Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Meigs County District Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:willda@oplin.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>willda@oplin.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>740.992.5813<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>740.992.6140 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the church that belongs to God and the public library that belongs to you. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The public library is the great equalizer.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keith Richards<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>