Re: Can we really block users from installing applications through Group policy?

From: Matt (mhoppes_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/14/04

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To: Jesse Weigert <weigert@gravitec.com>

    I agree that deepfreeze is a wonderful program and is great for things
    like labs, but how do you use it in your corporate environment?
    Don't things like outlook express and such lose settings? It seems to
    me that outlook express by default saves mail to the LOCAL SETTINGS
    directory which doesn't migrate.

    On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:25:35 -0700, Jesse Weigert <weigert@gravitec.com> wrote:
    > A very easy way to stop users from installing software is to install
    > Deepfreeze. It basically locks the hard drive down so that if users do
    > install software or make changes to the system, they are reset the next time
    > the computer reboots. I have found this to MUCH more effective than any
    > Windows policy restriction. I even let users log in as local administrators
    > so that I don't have to deal with software incompatibilities with
    > permissions. If they hose their system up or get a virus, it is deleted the
    > next time they reboot their system.
    >
    > -Jesse Weigert
    >
    >
    >

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