--- 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]> ------------------ 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]> --- > > >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 > >------------------ > >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. > >Any of you have well-thought-out policies about this? > >Thanks! > >~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >Laura Atkinson >Technical Coordinator for Foreign Language Computing >Duke University >[log in to unmask] >~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*