[WEB4LIB] Re: Norton Ghost, CSS icky under IE

[Karen G. Schneider]

thanks for your tips!  sounds as if software of this sort is a "must" in our
setting, particularly as we grow.

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit at primenet.com>
To: Karen G. Schneider <kgs at bluehighways.com>
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Re: Norton Ghost, CSS icky under IE


>
> On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Karen G. Schneider wrote:
>
> > Kyle mentioned Norton Ghost.  Let me get specific: anyone out there now
> > using it to restore PCs?  How about success with similar products?
We're
> > planning to go this route with our 17 public PCs.  (It would seem to me
that
> > having PCs of the same type/make/model/config would be an asset, too...)
>
> I use the older version of Ghost (Binary Software?) to restore about 11
> public Internet workstations, plus 2 OPAC stations.
>
> There's one master file containing the Internet workstation disk
> image. This is "ghosted" to the individual workstations as needed.
> That generally works well, with two caveats:
>
> 1. After loading the image file, on startup the computer will reconfigure
> itself (memory, cards, etc. mapping into different memory locatios from
> computer to computer). This might take up to 15 minutes. (Not Applicable
> if a separate Ghost image file is maintained for each machine).
>
> 2. Don't forget to change the network id once the machine is loaded with
> the new image (again, not applicable if each machine has its own image
> file).
>
> We're looking at the new Norton Ghost, but some of the other products
> mentioned in other posts might be better for our needs. . .
>
>