[OPLINTECH] Deep Freeze

Wed Oct 7 09:47:18 EDT 2009

I've used Deep Freeze, Centurion  Guard and  SteadyState to lock the 
hard drives.   The only problem I've ever had really with SteadyState is 
that it doesn't show an indicator that disk protection is OFF in the 
public profile  and it is possible to reboot and have disk protection 
fail to come on. (I don't think it does this as often with v2.5) That 
said, I still use it on most of our public computers, I'm just more 
careful to check it.   I've had less good luck with Deep Freeze doing 
scheduled updating and I've found it a little clunky to work with in 
that way, but I suspect it's just a matter of what I'm used to.  I 
really liked the Centurion Guard key locks that came with the Gates 
Granted PCs as they were easy for staff to understand.  No passwords, no 
finding where to click to get the little box to come up, just shut them 
down and turn the key.  Then turn them on again.  I purchased Centurion 
Guard on some later PCs for consistency, but found that SteadyState 
really worked out just as well and required less work for the staff.   
I've regretted getting Centurion Guard on PCs & notebooks that didn't 
have a place for a key lock.  I've had more problems with that software 
being difficult to unlock. It may be a version difference.   It may be a 
problem with the particular PCs.

Brenda Fisher
Highland County District Library

David Popeck wrote:
> I agree with the Mohamed: Deep Freeze is an easy to use, effective
> product. We have the computers on schedules to power on & off and have
> maintenance periods set. Saves power and staff time. We have used DF
> for many years (since it came on a floppy) and have been happy with
> its performance.
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Mohamed Ragheb
> <mohamed.ragheb at wadsworthlibrary.com> wrote:
>   
>> I Agree with Kevin, I always use open source and free stuff but I found
>> DeepFreeze worth the money, it have more features than just freeze your hard
>> drive such as schedule WOL and shutdown, schedule maintenance “update” if
>> you don’t have a WSUS or even you do …etc
>>
>>
>>
>> Mohamed A. Ragheb, M.TEC, M.C.P.
>> Technology Manager
>> Wadsworth Public Library
>> 132 Broad Street
>> Wadsworth, OH 44281-1897
>> Phone: 330-335-2600
>> Fax: 330-334-6605
>> http://www.wadsworthlibrary.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On
>> Behalf Of Kevin Jones
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:56 AM
>> To: Dan Will; oplintech at oplin.org
>> Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Deep Freeze
>>
>>
>>
>> I use Deepfreeze here as well and have great success with it also.  I used
>> Steady State and found it to be clunky.  I am a fan of free if it works
>> well.  I am glad it works for you, but IMO DeepFreeze works better for me.
>>
>> Kevin Jones
>> Network Administrator
>> Coshocton Public Library
>> 655 Main Street
>> Coshocton, OH 43812
>> Phone: 740-622-0956
>> Fax: 740-622-4331
>> http://www.coshoctonlibrary.org
>>
>> Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
>> -- Albert Einstein
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Dan Will <willda at oplin.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not familiar with Deep Freeze (I've heard of it but never used it). We
>> use Windows SteadyState and have great success with it. I personally can't
>> see paying for something when there is a free solution. So.... I have a
>> question (and I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm asking a serious question)..
>> What makes Deep Freeze so good that it's worth the money?
>>
>> Dan Will
>> Technology Supervisor
>> Meigs County District Public Library
>> willda at oplin.org
>> 740.992.5813
>> 740.992.6140 (fax)
>>
>> The difference between fiction and reality?
>> Fiction has to make sense.
>> Tom Clancy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On
>> Behalf Of montgodo at oplin.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:47 PM
>> To: OPLINTECH at oplin.org
>> Subject: [OPLINTECH] Deep Freeze
>>
>>
>> We have used Deep Freeze for several years.
>> It has done a great job for us and i highly
>> recommend it. Also Faronics product Anti exe
>> is great to.
>>
>> Douglas Montgomery
>> Network Administrator
>> Preble County District Library
>> 450 South Barron Eaton, Ohio 45320
>> 937-456-5210
>> montgodo at oplin.org
>>
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