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I've actually been using both products on our public standalone
WinXP machines to strike a balance between openness and control.
There are some things I'd really rather not have available to the
public both for security and reliability reasons and SteadyState
allowed easy access to turn many items "on" and "off" and made
configuration simple and quick. DeepFreeze (which I love) covered
the rest of the bases and, yes, wipes out whole categories of
issues. We'll have to learn a new way of tailoring our PCs, which
probably isn't such a bad thing, but with SteadyState going away
it's one less tool in the toolbox. -- JG<br>
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On 9/2/2010 8:17 AM, Dan Will wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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73, 125);"><Snip> </span>I'll miss SteadyState not
so much for the Disk Protection capability but as a tool for
quickly configuring user privileges and security settings
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<p class="MsoNormal">I saw this as a chance to give our patrons
a more accessible computer. Because the computer requires only
a reboot to return it to a configuration of our choosing, I
was able to make it more user friendly. I did remove some
things from the start menu and the desktop but, why worry
about locking patrons out of things. If a computer is causing
problems….just reboot it, problem fixed! The patron profile is
just a standard user profile and they can’t do much to hurt it
even without Deep Freeze.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just my $0.02 worth.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;
font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dan Will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;
font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Technology
Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;
font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Meigs
County District Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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73, 125);"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;
font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">740.992.5813<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;
font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">740.992.6140
(fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">“When you are growing up there are two
institutional places that affect you most powerfully: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">the church that belongs to God and the public
library that belongs to you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">The public library is the great equalizer.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31,
73, 125);">Keith Richards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;
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windowtext;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:
windowtext;"> <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>James
Guilford<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:42 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] SteadyState - no Win7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I'll miss SteadyState not so much for the
Disk Protection capability but as a tool for quickly
configuring user privileges and security settings. In a
standalone environment, it was pretty sweet being able to
choose and check/uncheck those settings you wanted on a
per-user basis rather than wading through applications, user
profiles, and The Registry. -- JG<br>
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On 9/1/2010 4:26 PM, Chad Neeper wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is my understanding as well. No doubt
Faronics Corp. is thrilled! Deep Freeze does support Win7. <span
class="moz-smiley-s3"> ;-) </span><br>
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Now if only Faronics would donate via TechSoup...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">______________________________<br>
<b>Chad Neeper</b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Senior Systems Engineer</span><br>
<br>
<b>Level 9 Networks</b><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>
866-214-6607 (fax)</span><br>
<br>
<i><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Full LAN/WAN consulting
services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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On 9/1/2010 4:14 PM, Chip Kruthoffer wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";">Many of you may
know this, but it is my understanding that Windows
SteadyState is *not* supported, and *not planned to be
supported*, on Windows 7.<br>
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See:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&displaylang=en</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><i>ANNOUNCEMENT:
Windows SteadyState will continue to be available for
download through December 31, 2010. Support for Windows
SteadyState will continue to be available through the
Microsoft Knowledge Base portal through June 30, 2011. </i><br>
<br>
<i>This announcement does not affect your right to continue
to use Windows SteadyState.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/windows-7-and-shared-computers">http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/windows-7-and-shared-computers</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Chip
Kruthoffer, Systems Manager<br>
Lane Libraries ~ <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lanepl.org" target="_blank"><span
style="color: black;">http://www.lanepl.org</span></a><br>
1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)<br>
Hamilton, Ohio 45011<br>
Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 894-6558<br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:c.kruthoffer@lanepl.org" target="_blank"><span
style="color: black;">c.kruthoffer@lanepl.org</span></a><span
style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br>
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<pre>James Guilford, I.T. Manager<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Westlake Porter Public Library<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Rediscover the Web!<o:p></o:p></pre>
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James Guilford, I.T. Manager
Westlake Porter Public Library
Rediscover the Web!
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