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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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 </snip><o:p></o:p></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Dan Will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Technology Supervisor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Meigs County District Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:willda@oplin.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>willda@oplin.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>740.992.5813<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>740.992.6140 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The public library is the great equalizer.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Keith Richards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>James Guilford<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> oplintech@oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] SteadyState - no Win7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><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><br><br>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><br>Now if only Faronics would donate via TechSoup...<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Systems Engineer</span><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 9/1/2010 4:14 PM, Chip Kruthoffer wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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><br>See:<a 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><div style='margin-left:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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></div><p class=MsoNormal>Also: <a 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><div style='margin-left:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><i> </i></b><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Chip Kruthoffer, Systems Manager<br>Lane Libraries ~ <a 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 href="mailto:c.kruthoffer@lanepl.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>c.kruthoffer@lanepl.org</span></a><span style='color:#660000'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>James Guilford, I.T. Manager<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Westlake Porter Public Library<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Rediscover the Web!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/</a> <o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>