--- Forwarded Message from Gary Dauphin <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:11:29 -0500
>From: Gary Dauphin <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>Organization: Apple Computer Higher Education
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6212 OS 9.1's Multiple Users and the iMac
>References: <[log in to unmask]>

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Do a Control Panel -> Software Update to make sure you have the latest
version of everything installed.  We've made several fixes to Multiple
Users over the years.  

 Gary Dauphin
 Apple 

 "Education is not about filling a pail, but the lighting of a fire" -
WB Yeats


LLTI-Editor wrote:
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> --- Forwarded Message from "David M. Weible" <[log in to unmask]> ---
> 
> >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:51:41 -0500
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >From: "David M. Weible" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: OS 9.1's Multiple Users and the iMac
> 
> To improve security with our computers in the Language Lab, we are
> trying to use the Multiple Users control panel to control student
> access. This is working out very well with some older Macs (the oddly
> shaped all-in-one AV model, the one that looks vaguely tooth-like).
> The iMacs, however, display a very annoying tendency to crash with
> Multiple Users in effect. In fact, you can almost count on them doing
> so, if you log out of a student user account and attempt to log into
> the account manager account. Nine times out of ten, this results in
> the computer freezing up so that you are forced to restart (if you're
> lucky) or you may even have to unplug the unit before being able to
> power up again.
> Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, did you manage to
> find a fix for it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Weible
> --
> David M. Weible, Director
> Language Laboratory M/C 042
> Grant Hall
> 703 S. Morgan St., Room 203
> Chicago, IL  60607-7025
> 312-413-2348
> FAX 312-996-5501
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