[OPLINTECH] Windows 7, Deep Freeze, & remote desktop

[Eric Maynard]

Dan,

I haven't tried this myself as we are sticking with XP (and SteadyState) for
the immediate future, but this FREE "recovery" product does claim to support
Win 7.

Comodo Time Machine:
http://www.comodo.com/home/data-storage-encryption/data-recovery.php


hope this helps,

Eric Maynard
Head of Information Technology,
Holmes County District Public Library
Millersburg, OH  44654
Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
Fax   [330.674.1938]

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"




On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Dan Will <willda at oplin.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>    I’m in the process of evaluating Deep Freeze on Win7 <soapbox> (thanks
> MS for killing Steady State and making us spend more money)</soapbox>.
>
> Anyway, I’ve run into a problem and haven’t been able to find anything
> about it (yet) on the web.
>
> Here’s the setup:
>
> ·         Windows 7 Pro
>
> ·         Set in the registry
>
> HKLM\software\Microsoft\windowsNT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList\
> AdminUserName set to 0
>
> This hides the administrative user on the logon screen
>
> ·         I set the local computer to “enumerate administrator accounts on
> elevation” to enabled in the policy editor
>
> This makes windows require the username and password box to appear when
> running an administrative task (like sudo on linux)
>
>
>
> I can log on using remote desktop just fine at this stage. If I want to add
> a program or anything similar I can do it as the standard user by holding
> shift and right clicking the install program and select run as another user.
> If I want to log on as the admin locally, I create a short cut to regedit,
> shift + right click and change the 1 to a 0 in the registry. Log off and the
> administrator is listed & I can log on. I know this is going around the
> horn, but I’m hoping not to have to logon locally as admin once this is
> setup (except special occasions). Anyway, everything works fine at this
> point.
>
>
>
> Now to the problem. Install Deep Freeze, then try to logon as the admin in
> remote desktop. Tell remote desktop that yes I want to logon and that the
> local user needs to log off. At this point as soon as the local user clicks
> okay or it times out (the 30 second rule) Windows 7 blue screens. Uninstall
> DF and it works without problem. BTW, it doesn’t matter if the drive is
> frozen or not.
>
> Has anyone else had a similar experience with Deep Freeze. Am I going to
> have to use TightVNC for remote access instead?
>
>
>
>
>
> Dan Will
>
> Technology Supervisor
>
> Meigs County District Public Library
>
> willda at oplin.org
>
> 740.992.5813
>
> 740.992.6140 (fax)
>
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