[WEB4LIB] Re: .wav files

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

You can setup a partition using Parition Magic and copy an image of C
partition (and D if you're using a D partition as well) using Drive Image.
You can then boot from a set of floppies or a CD and restore the images from
disk.  Takes 10 minutes or so and I'm not sure how easy it would be automate
it, but it could be done fairly easily after someone messes with your
computer.  Not a solution for everyday though.  They sell the two programs
bundled as Drive Image Pro (http://www.partitionmagic.com/driveimagepro/).

A commercial products that seems to do just what you want is Clean Slate
(http://www.fortres.com/products/cleanslate.htm).  Here's what their website
says about it:

"Clean Slate is designed to protect public access computers from malicious
or inexperienced users.  While not restricting users’ activities, Clean
Slate will scour drives back to their original state upon reboot.  Clean
Slate takes only minutes to install and needs no attention, ever, for most
installations.  Clean Slate restores the computer to its original
configuration, no matter what users have done: including erasing files,
installing software, downloading viruses and Trojan horses, and altering
icons."

-Lori


Lori Bowen Ayre
Library Technology Consultant
The Galecia Group
LBAyre at galecia.com
(707) 763-6869

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Mark Pecaut
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:19 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: .wav files


On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:01:06PM -0500, Chris Deweese wrote:
>
> Block the use of Real Player :)
> On the grounds that it allows patrons to somewhat circumvent your
> security.  Besides that real player is the most annoying audio/video

Has anyone decided to stop using these strange security programs and
just come up with a good method for restoring (re-imaging, as some
like to call it) the computer to a pristine state?

If there was a way to restore a windows installation over the local
network with just a floppy disk, would people stop using these security
programs, or are there other issues involved?

Any thoughts?

-Mark