[Web4lib] WANTED: Libraries with smart solutions for keeping public access computers running

[Lynne Puckett]

Tim Spindle wrote:
> I have been using DeepFreeze for 4+ years & have been quite happy with its
> ability to "lock down" a pc.  The only way to defeat it is to boot to a cd
> that would erase the contents of the hard drive & I don't think too many
> patrons carry those kinds of cds around.
> _______________________________________________

And, if you lock out the bios after turning off all boot sources except 
the hard drive, it wouldn't work even if you did have a CD! I have my 
bios completely invisible to users and passworded for supervisors only; 
the only boot option is the hard drive.

Lynne
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L. E. Puckett
Networking Systems Librarian
Parmly Billings Library
510 North Broadway, Billings, MT 59101
http://www.billings.lib.mt.us
Ph: 406-657-8258