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Thanks,
I'll check that out.


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>DeepFreeze has a Mac client (http://www.faronics.com/html/dfmac.asp). I 
>believe this will do what you are looking for.
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> >>> On 11/13/2008 at 9:38 AM, MSU Network Administrators Group
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > We will be running 2 where each of 25 students will use a Macbook with
> > pre-installed software but will need to access the internet to do their
> > assignments.  We would like the Macs to return to a clean disk image after
> > each class.
> >
> > It has been suggested that we either:
> >
> > 1) Have the Macs run as clients from a server that will store all the
> > changes and the data
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2) Have the Macs boot to a server after class is over to install the
> > standard image again.
> >
> > I think the campus computer labs do a combination of 1 and 2 above?
> >
> > I'm not a Mac person so I'm not sure if other solutions exist - we'd like
> > to do without a server if possible.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Cheryl
> >
> > Cheryl Akers, MS, CNA - [log in to unmask]
> > Microcomputer Support - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
> > 2228C Biomedical Physical Sciences
> > Michigan State University
> > East Lansing, MI  48824
> >
> > 517-884-5298
> >
> > "I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes, several days attack me
> > at once."
> > Jennifer Unlimited
> >

Cheryl

Cheryl Akers, MS, CNA - [log in to unmask]
Microcomputer Support - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
2228C Biomedical Physical Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824

517-884-5298

"I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes, several days attack me
at once."
Jennifer Unlimited