Fortres 101

[Barb Whittard]

Hi Wally,

We have used the PCLockout software for the passed year, and are 
currently looking into an alternative.  I haven't used FORTRES 101, but 
was interested to hear what others have to say about it.  As far as 
PCLockout goes, it was ok for DOS environment applications, but not 
perfect.  We have both DOS and Windows For Workgroups on our public 
workstations, and have found that PCLockout causes a lot of very 
strange things in Windows.  It seems to be unstable, and also 
requires that you know in advance which files are opened and written 
to by the various software you are using. It was also used in the 
Computer LABS on campus, and our User Services people were not happy 
with it there either.  They are currently looking into a product called 
FoolProof as an alternative.  

Does anyone have experience with Foolproof?

Barbara Whittard                       email:barbwhit at spartan.ac.brocku.ca
Library Systems Administrator          phone: (905) 688-5550  ext. 3254
Brock University Library
St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1

On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Wally Babcock wrote:

> This was recently discussed on PACS-L.  I append a summary below. 
> 
> Our computing services folks are considering a similar product called
> PCLockout.  Has anyone used this?  Compared the two?
> 
> Wally

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