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Active Directory in comp labs


From: Brandon Payne <payneb () SVCC EDU>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 07:34:55 -0500

Starting this Fall we will be rolling out Active Directory for the first
time in all of our computer labs.  All computer lab machines will be running
the Faronics - DeepFreeze product (when computers are rebooted, they are
back to a fresh state).  To simplify things for now, all students will be
using one domain profile to login, "Student."  To get around any sort of
password expiring issues, Faronics said to set the Maximum Password Age to
999 or "Not Defined."  Is anyone else running Deepfreeze while joined to the
domain?  Hoping there aren't any other issues.

All lab machines are Windows 7.  I already have some computers deployed and
have had some use the past couple weeks and they work fine so far. The real
test will be summer semester.

Do you know of any caveats or recommended items for running AD in the labs?
Thanks in advance...

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Brandon Payne
Technical Support Specialist
Information Services
Sauk Valley Community College

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