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A variation on this thought that might work a little better:<br>
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If the workstation is Win7, you could install Windows XP Mode
(Virtual PC). It integrates very well with the host Win7, perhaps a
little better than VMware (although I haven't played with anything
other than ESXi for quite a few years now, so my VMware at this
lesser level is outdated). I haven't had much need to use XP Mode,
but from what I recall, the admin can set up the base image, and
then the non-admin user reads from the read-only base image and the
changes, by default, are stored in a file stored <u>in the user's
profile</u>. So, if you're using DF or even just a mandatory user
profile, the non-admin user can have full privileges to install
whatever they want to in the Windows XP computer, including
rebooting the virtual XP to complete an install. The virtual XP
computer is then automatically reset upon reboot (in the case of DF)
or logout (in the case of mandatory profiles). This could work
pretty seamlessly with just a little bit of planning on the admin's
part. <br>
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On 7/8/2011 11:41 AM, Phil Shirley wrote:
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<pre wrap="">How could you let people install software that required admin and
rebooting, though you had DeepFreeze and didn't want to give them admin
rights? I guess, maybe, theoretically, you could: Do everything you're
already doing, rebooting between patrons and using Deep Freeze. Add one
more program that people can run: vmware. Let them open up a virtual
Windows machine that they can do anything they want to, including reboot
with changed saved. Then when they're done they close that virtual
machine, log off of their actual machine and deep freeze puts the actual
machine (including the virtual machine files) back to the way they were.
It's a little complicated and probably not worth it, but it might be a
solution if you really want to do it. This would even allow you to make
various operating systems available to patrons: different versions of
Windows (for people who had a preference or wanted to learn one) and
different Linux distributions. Loading updates would be a bit more work,
but of course you would do it once and copy the vmware files to all the
computers.
Phil
On 7/8/2011 10:53 AM, Jim Lack wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Does anyone allow their patrons to load software on the their public
computers? We are putting together a new Windows 7 profile for our
Public computers. The profile is a mandatory profile in a Windows server
2008 environment. We will be implementing Deep Freeze as well. We have
done some initial testing with allowing this user to load software.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Some installs require the user
to have admin privileges and some installs require reboots. There is no
way I want to give this user admin privileges and with Deep Freeze, that
takes care of installs that require a reboot (it wipes them out!).
Looking for some input here. Please give me your thoughts and ideas on
this subject.
TIA,
Jim Lack
Network Manager
Rocky River Public Library
1600 Hampton Rd.
Rocky River, OH 44116
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