Kiosk browsers - Caution using "SteadyState"

[Dean Baumeister]

I haven't tried it, but I saw recently where Microsoft guru Mark Minasi 
has released "Steadier State," which I gather is a replacement for 
Steady State that works with Windows 7:

http://www.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37953


On 12/8/2011 2:33 PM, Computerlab Picton wrote:
>> We use Windows SteadyState (a free Microsoft product) on Windows XP...
> Just be aware that steady state is NOT supported on Windows 7, see:
>       http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprosecurity/thread/0110d93c-eea5-4da9-9eea-d97ff88bff0e
>
> In an effort to save money, we used this for a while on our patron
> computers, but it was a lot of trouble to work with and a local teen
> hacked into it in about 10 minutes. I have returned to buying a
> deepfreeze standard license with every new computer, a great product
> IMHO, see:
>       http://www.faronics.com/standard/deep-freeze-2/
>
> Also note that although technical support for XP does not end until
> early 2014, there is already software that it will not run (for
> example, Internet Explorer 9) and Gartner recommends being completely
> off of it by the end of 2012:
>        http://ppgrainbow.deviantart.com/journal/Eliminate-Windows-XP-by-the-end-of-2012-214227996
>
> Also, I am sure that most of you are using TechSoup to get discount
> software, this has saved us a lot of money:
>       http://home.techsoup.org/pages/default.aspx
>
>
> Thanks for the useful information on this list.
>
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