Text 58616, 40 rader
Skriven 2009-11-30 20:48:47 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 58604 av Jean Parrot (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Bad kids.
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Jean Parrot -> Alan Zisman wrote:

 AZ>>>> other computer-related programs, cancelling the District's MS Office
 AZ>>>> license (which was costing $100,000/yr) and other sleight-of-hand.

 JP>     This might make it easier on the techies, might ! Having  mirrors of
 JP> everything. But still, it would involve at least one hour/machine to
 JP> right the same invasion. Tell them that I feel for them.

I think the plan is to be able to restore to the base image remotely if
needed...

 AZ>> XP SP3... they are 'protected' with Deep Freeze - a software package
 AZ>> (from a Vancouver developer, Faronics) which prevents changes to the
 AZ>> hard drive... they have to be 'unfrozen' to enable updates, etc... but
 AZ>> the zillions of youngsters can't do any permanent harm. It general, it
 AZ>> works pretty well.

 JP>     I remember you telling us about the big Freeze before. How come then
 JP> this last year invasion got you all down ? Where did it fail ?


It failed on computers where it wasn't enabled... the only systems I'm aware of
that were actually infected were one or more of the IT department's servers, at
least one user's laptop (hard to deep freeze when it isn't always connected to
a network for file saving), etc... all my machines tested clean when they came
around.

 JP>     See, I need more help now. A friend who had a virus, cleaned out,
 JP> now has problems with his machine, a Toshiba, He did not do the Restore
 JP> DVDs and now his machine will not validate its 10/100 card. You would
 JP> not happen to have some DVDs for him, the model is an A-100, maybe three
 JP> years old ?  $83.00 from Toshiba. XP Pro.

I have no Toshiba stuff - but isn't the network driver downloadable if that's
all
that's needed, perhaps using another system, copying onto a USB memory stick?

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