[Web4lib] blocking myspaceIM

[Chadwick, John, DCA]

Our public machines all run Windows XP.  We use a combination of
Centurion and group policy to prevent patrons from downloading and
installing applications on the public machines.

John

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John Chadwick, Ed.D. Information Technology Manager
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Phone: 505-476-9740  Cell: 505-629-8116 Fax: 505-476-9761
john.chadwick at state.nm.us
http://www.nmstatelibrary.org 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:18 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org.
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] blocking myspaceIM

We tried Deep Freeze, Steady State, and Clean Slate, however, they all
seemed to create more problems than it solved for us. I love the thought
of
what they can do, I just wish they'd have worked out for our network.



On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Anthony Fitzwater
<AFitzwater at ajcity.net>
wrote:

> We don't have this problem (yet) but usually if we do have problems
our
> desktop security software (Fortres 101) will stop anything from being
> installed.  We also use DeepFreeze which is probably the best
investment
> we have ever made for our PC's.  If they DO happen to install
something,
> just reboot and it's gone!
>
> Anthony Fitzwater
> Systems Administrator
> Apache Junction Public Library
> 1177 N. Idaho Rd.
> Apache Junction, AZ 85219
> (480) 474-8577
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Wesley Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:40 AM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org.
> Subject: [Web4lib] blocking myspaceIM
>
> Hello All,
>
> Sarah, of Librarianinblack.net, suggested that I pose this question to
> you
> all.
>
> Our patrons have been obsessively installing Myspace IM on the public
> PCs
> even though our electronic agreement forbids them to. And, sadly, they
> have
> a tendency to leave the "run at startup" box checked which causes our
> machines to boot even slower. Most of our computers are of a decent
> speed,
> however, some are slow enough when booting on their own without the
> added
> weight of another program starting when we turn it on.
>
> I had successfully blocked the program for a while. I added some URLs
in
> to
> our Sonicwall Content Filter that caused any installation of MyspaceIM
> to
> error out. But now the site has apparently shuffled things around a
bit
> and
> the two URLs that I used caused images not to display on the site.
This,
> in
> my opinion, isn't a bad thing but our patrons tend to disagree.
>
> Is there any way to use the Sonicwall to block MyspaceIM from being
> installed without hampering the site's ability to be displayed? I
> currently
> have an intrusion prevention measure set that prevents users from
being
> able
> to login, but I'd like to keep the program from being installed at
all.
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