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>Subject: Re: #8286.1 - 3 (!) Deep Freeze
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:23:02 -0500
Thanks everyone
The reviews look very good except a minor problem with Windows Media Player
needing to be reinstalled or reconfigured after reboots. Hope to dump WMP
anyway because it has caused greif long enough with it's vague error
messages and the ever present and pernament "connecting to media" status for
no reason at all when listening to anything from the Internet. Only fix I
found for that is a rollback from WMP10 back to WMP9 and that has a fix is
only temporary. To revive WMP9 I have to reinstall each semester. Will
switch to an opensource media player but a virtual lab will play the files
anyway. Any problems with Deep Freeze versus CAN 8, Sanako, or SANS virtual
language labs?
Thanks for the reviews. Very helpful.
Tom Griffin,
Supervisor, Foreign Language Lab
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773-442-4753
773-442-4752
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Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: #8286.1 - 3 (!) Deep Freeze
> -----------1- from Eric Granquist <[log in to unmask]
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>
> Deep Freeze really turned things around for me--messing with windows
> permissions
> was eating me alive before. I'm a real skeptic, but this is one really
> great
> piece of work. Best of all is a combination of image-distribution
> software
> (ghost, altiris, etc), and then lock them down w/ deep freeze.
> Intelligent
> support, too.
>
> It's been my secret weapon for several years, and now I see our IT dept
> finally
> buying it.
>
> So far, I've been using standard, but we're going to coattail on our IT
> dept's
> enterprise purchase this summer.
>
> Good luck
>
> Eric
>
> ----------2- from [log in to unmask]
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> Dear Tom,
>
> I'm at Holy Cross and can't take credit for it but my predessor
> installed and found it for ITS! It's amazingly effective against
> invasive installations and it's so efficient that even I forget that
> it's there (which can be annoying for re-installs) If you don't have
> the buy-in from IT or depending on the how much time you have, 38
> machines does seem like enterprise level. (And that would be a nice
> step to standardizing your lab for updates as well if you have your own
> server.)
>
> I'd be careful with permissions settings but trial and error is how we
> learn. I'm very happy with it.
> -Holly
>
>
> ---------3- from [log in to unmask]
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> Hi Tom -
>
> I'm using DeepFreeze Enterprise in 4 labs, approximately 100 machines
> (both limited user and admin accounts). The central console is
> installed on an XP Workstation instead of a server because we really
> aren't a Microsoft shop. I would recommend the Enterprise version
> because of the console functionality. It allows restarting, thawing,
> and freezing of single or multiple machines simultaneously. I have
> generally been impressed with the product.
>
> We have DeepFreeze installed in seed form in our main image. We
> initially had some problems when imaging with DeepFreeze thawed, which
> is why we moved to seeding. The seed allows us to see the computers in
> the central DF console. We use the console to install DeepFreeze and
> enable it. We redirect My Documents to a thawspace in three of our
> labs, but the fourth lab has everything frozen. Norton is installed and
> updates on boot.
>
> I have had difficulties with the automatic update feature. Supposedly
> you can schedule a time for machines to automatically thaw, run Windows
> Updates or other types of batch files, and then refreeze. The scheduled
> thaw happens, but my XP boxes don't necessarily update. The console
> makes it fairly easy to thaw the machines and run the Updates
> independently, but it's a bit of pain. I'm waiting to hear back from
> Faronics about the problem.
>
> I think that the key to a successful DeepFreeze deployment is testing.
> You have to be sure that everything is in place and working so you
> aren't continually thawing and freezing.
>
> Let me know if you have any further questions.
>
> Susan C. Weier
> InfoLab Manager
> Learning Support Services
> 279 Van Hise Hall
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