--- Forwarded Message from Ralph Schultz <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:48:34 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Ralph Schultz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7278 New computers with DVD drives and regions
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

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I am now using Deep Freeze to lock down files and devices that I don't want 
students to mess with.


At 02:23 PM 10/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>--- Forwarded Message from Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:24:39 -0400
> >From: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: New computers with DVD drives and regions
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>Hi all,
>
>When you get new computers in that have DVD drives, do any of you have a
>process for locking the firmware down to a specific region? My
>understanding is that most drives let you change regions 5 times before
>they lock, and it would probably not be good if any of the machines got
>locked into something other than region 1. Or, maybe it would be good to
>select certain machines to be region 1, region 2, and so on. In any event,
>I want to choose what happens with each one rather than leaving it to
>chance.
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>Any of you have well-thought-out policies about this?
>
>Thanks!
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>Laura Atkinson
>Technical Coordinator for Foreign Language Computing
>Duke University
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