[OPLINTECH] SteadyState - no Win7

[James Guilford]

  I've actually been using both products on our public standalone WinXP 
machines to strike a balance between openness and control. There are 
some things I'd really rather not have available to the public both for 
security and reliability reasons and SteadyState allowed easy access to 
turn many items "on" and "off" and made configuration simple and quick. 
DeepFreeze (which I love) covered the rest of the bases and, yes, wipes 
out whole categories of issues. We'll have to learn a new way of 
tailoring our PCs, which probably isn't such a bad thing, but with 
SteadyState going away it's one less tool in the toolbox.  -- JG


On 9/2/2010 8:17 AM, Dan Will wrote:
>
> <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
>
> willda at oplin.org <mailto:willda at oplin.org>
>
> 740.992.5813
>
> 740.992.6140 (fax)
>
> “When you are growing up there are two institutional places that 
> affect you most powerfully:
>
> the church that belongs to God and the public library that belongs to 
> you.
>
> The public library is the great equalizer.”
>
> Keith Richards
>
> *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...
>
> ______________________________
> *Chad Neeper*
> Senior Systems Engineer
>
> *Level 9 Networks*
> 740-548-8070 (voice)
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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&displaylang=en 
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&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
> 1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)
> Hamilton, Ohio 45011
> Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 894-6558
> Email: c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org <mailto:c.kruthoffer at lanepl.org>
>
>
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> Westlake Porter Public Library
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