While Steady State works - and the price is right, Faronic's Deep Freeze
is about $30.00 and requires no manual to install and activate. I'd
suggest that for this situation, it's worth the money. 


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-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David McFarlane
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] How do you keep an open PC working in a classroom?

At 4/23/2008 03:50 PM Wednesday, Peter Cole wrote:
>I was talking to someone at the IT Conference today about Deep Freeze
>(http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp) ...
>
>I know Microsoft makes something that is sort of similar that they
provide
>free of charge, but I can't remember the name of it.

It's called Windows Steady State.  I learned about it from a GRC 
Security Now podcast, www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#129 .  As I recally 
it only works for XP, not Vista.

-- David McFarlane, Systems Designer
    Dept. Psychology