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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.