Re: Deep Freeze & Boot Times

[Mark Monroe <markm196 () NETSCAPE NET>]

We use Deep Freeze too. We do not really see long boot times or login
times. Our systems get the  AV updates each night during their thaw
cycles. We thaw them each night and they get MS patches, AV, and
anything else that we are pushing out that is new. It is all automated,
they reboot thawed, Stay that way for a hour or two, re-freeze and shut
down. They power on in the morning by a bios setting. We have about 1200
systems that do this every night.

Bombard, Charles L wrote:
> We use deepfreeze here. I also use Group policy. Our boot times are
> not bad. Our login times are longer than I would like. Our login times
> can be linked to the use of Adobe Creative suite. It adds a ton of
> junk to the default profile. I would be happy to chat off list if you
> would like.
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> -Charlie
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> Charles Bombard, GSEC
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> LAN/Systems Administrator
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> Community College of Vermont
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> Burlington, VT 05401
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> 802.657.4234
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> bombardc () ccv edu <mailto:bombardc () ccv edu>
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Bennett
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:46 AM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Deep Freeze & Boot Times
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> Does anyone use Deep Freeze on their campus and have horrible boot
> times?  One of our issues is that Symantec Virus Definitions are
> updated every time a computer is booted and that takes a lot of time.
> Are there other alternatives that you all are using?
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> *Daniel R. Bennett*
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> Pennsylvania College of Technology
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