<div dir="ltr"><div>Years ago I used to lock the computers down pretty tightly. Computers were relative a new thing in libraries and librarians were more paranoid. These days, patron computers are logged in with user-level privileges and they all have Deep Freeze. So I take the attitude that if a patron can install a program without elevated privileges, they're welcome to do it. I don't care. That's exactly what I tell the staff. I also don't lock them down nearly as heavily as I used to. They're all on isolated/firewalled network segments and are frozen. So they're cleaned out at every reboot. This allows for maximum utility for whatever the patron needs, while keeping the library's network safe/secure. This is the approach I've taken for the last ~10 years or more and it's worked quite well. YMMV!</div><div><br></div><div>Chad</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 3:39 PM Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Do you allow patrons to run software on public computers other
than what's installed? That would include portable software and I
suppose even browser extensions.</p>
<p>Phil</p>
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