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I agree Data Igloo is a good solution if you have a big enough HD. You'll probably need to set up a script to remove all the old profiles on a semester basis. Geng > On Mar 19, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Dan Alexander <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Faronics Data Igloo might actually be what you want... > > "retain vital data across restarts on a Frozen workstation in a Thawed > partition. The operating system is still on a Frozen partition and remains > fully protected. With Data Igloo user created files, documents, settings, > favorites, AV Updates or even entire user profiles are retained across > reboots" > >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Dan Alexander <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Any chance using a thaw space for that part of the profile? >> >>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Will Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> In our computer labs, we currently use Deep Freeze.[1] It lets us grant >>> our users full administrative rights, without worrying about malware, >>> viruses, and such, because any changes the user makes are wiped out when >>> they log off. >>> >>> A couple of years ago, the campus as a whole switched to PaperCut for >>> managing print jobs.[2] This maintains separate print queues for each >>> student, so that when they swipe their student card at the print release >>> station, they see only their own print jobs. Convenient! At least >>> compared to Pharos, the old system. >>> >>> Unfortunately, there's a nasty side-effect, which is that it takes a >>> loooooong time to log into the lab computers. Generally 5-6 minutes, >>> sometimes as much as 10. What's happening is: >>> >>> 1) A student logs in with their Active Directory credentials >>> 2) The computer checks for a user profile and doesn't find one >>> 3) The computer creates a new windows profile for the student (slooow!) >>> 4) When they log off, Deep Freeze wipes out the profile. >>> >>> The fact that the computer has to download, install, and configure the >>> PaperCut print drivers makes Step 3 even slower. They're per-user. >>> They're baked into the user profile, so they get created fresh every time >>> and wiped out again afterwards. >>> >>> As a recent comment on Yik-Yak put it: "Patience is waiting for the >>> library computers to log you on." >>> >>> We're currently on Windows 8 (yuck), but the problem occurred with 7 as >>> well. >>> >>> We've talked about removing Deep Freeze and simply placing the computers >>> on restricted accounts with no permissions to install software, etc. That >>> would *partially* address it, because profiles would no longer be wiped >>> out. As long as students went to the same computer over and over, they'd >>> only be faced with a long logon the first time. But, of course, it's a lab >>> and there's no guarantee you can get the same computer all the time, so >>> that's a poor solution at best. >>> >>> >>> >>> [1] http://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/enterprise/ >>> [2] http://www.papercut.com/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Dan Alexander >> Technology Coordinator >> Northeast Kansas Library System >> >> 785-838-4090 >> 4317 W. 6th St. >> Lawrence, KS 66049 >> >> *WANT ME TO REMOTE INTO YOUR COMPUTER?* >> Download the NEKLS hosted ScreenConnect software to your computer from >> this link: >> >> *goo.gl/Lwg33y <http://goo.gl/Lwg33y>* >> >> Once you have run the software, NEKLS staff will be able to access your >> computer. > > > -- > Dan Alexander > Technology Coordinator > Northeast Kansas Library System > > 785-838-4090 > 4317 W. 6th St. > Lawrence, KS 66049 > > *WANT ME TO REMOTE INTO YOUR COMPUTER?* > Download the NEKLS hosted ScreenConnect software to your computer from this > link: > > *goo.gl/Lwg33y <http://goo.gl/Lwg33y>* > > Once you have run the software, NEKLS staff will be able to access your > computer.