[Web4lib] Securing public computers

[Michael McEvoy]

We use Deep Freeze in addition to WinU and PWB and a few minor Registry
tweaks. The combination has resulted in fairly stable systems requiring
minor administration... only downside is that updates are a major chore.

On Fri, April 6, 2007 9:08 am, Robin wrote:
- > We use DeepFreeze and it is invaluable to us. A reboot cleans up *any*
- > problem caused in the last session. We now have a network admin who
- > knows how to do things with group policies, but that's only recent, and
- > Deep Freeze has saved us hundreds of hours of maintenance/repair over
- > the last few years. We make very little use of policies and probably
- > never will.
- >
- > -----Original Message-----
- > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
- > [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Erjavek, Ed
- > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 5:03 PM
- > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
- > Subject: [Web4lib] Securing public computers
- >
- > We're interested in whether libraries are using a product like Centurion
- > Guard or a comparable product in conjunction with setting various
- > policies
- > in the Active Directory in Server 2003 to secure public computers. Is CG
- > somewhat redundant to setting the policies in the AD or is it good to be
- > used in conjunction with setting the policies in the AD? Also, would CG
- > save
- > some time for the IT staff instead of having to setting so many policies
- > in
- > the AD?
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