[itdiscuss] Lab Software

[Roger Wright]

+1 for SteadyState.

 

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org]
On Behalf Of Barnthson, Patrick
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:21 PM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Lab Software

 

You might check out SteadyState from Microsoft.  I've used it only in a test
environment, but a friend of mine in the public school system has had good
success with it.  SteadyState gives you the ability to reboot a machine and
have it disregard any changes made since last reboot.  If you need to change
the configuration of the PC, you can log in as an admin, make the change,
and then commit it so the change persists across reboots.  Software/OS
updates to the machine can be controlled with a little scripting.  It's
worth a look.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.msp
x

 

 

Patrick Barnthson

Systems Administrator

West Side Christian Church

2850 Cider Mill Lane

Springfield, IL  62702

217-793-2800 x3401

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org]
On Behalf Of Jay Betancourt
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:51 AM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: [itdiscuss] Lab Software

 

Good morning, hope everyone had a restful weekend.  I am currently having to
manually manage a group of public computers that are of all the same
hardware/software.  Lately, we've been having virus/spyware problems on
these machines.

 

I am looking for a product that will disregard any changes made when the
machine is rebooted.  I have been looking at Faronics DeepFreeze
(http://www.faronics.com/en/default.aspx), but are there any other solutions
or recommendations?  I would either want to reboot the computer and it's
good as new or restore from an image (either via the network or a CD/DVD).

 

Regards,


Jay Betancourt
Network Administrator, First Lubbock
Telephone: (806) 853-7039
Email: jay at firstlubbock.org

Web:  <http://www.firstlubbock.org/> http://www.firstlubbock.org 

 

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