[OPLINTECH] SteadyState - no Win7

[Dan Will]

<Snip>   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>

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.

Just my $0.02 worth.

 

 

Dan Will

Technology Supervisor

Meigs County District Public Library

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From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On Behalf Of James Guilford
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:42 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] SteadyState - no Win7

 

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


On 9/1/2010 4:26 PM, Chad Neeper wrote: 

This is my understanding as well. No doubt Faronics Corp. is thrilled! Deep Freeze does support Win7.  ;-) 

Now if only Faronics would donate via TechSoup...

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On 9/1/2010 4:14 PM, Chip Kruthoffer wrote: 

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.

See:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431 <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&displaylang=en> &displaylang=en

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. 

This announcement does not affect your right to continue to use Windows SteadyState.

Also: http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/windows-7-and-shared-computers

 


Chip Kruthoffer, Systems Manager
Lane Libraries ~  <http://www.lanepl.org> http://www.lanepl.org
1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 894-6558
Email:  <mailto:c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org> c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org







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