The problem with Deep Freeze is that it reeks havoc if the computers need to be used by teachers in a training session. Many applications don't run with it on. We service 63 school districts with Lotus Notes and the districts running Deep Freeze always have problems.
There is only one way keep the computers "clean" and that is by constant HUMAN supervision. I ran a Middle/High school lab for 5 years and there is always someone who will break through the security from hacking to selling Internet filtering passwords from district to district. I kept a clean lab by constantly walking around, watching their screens, logging what students sat at what computers at what times, and having the support of the district to "punish" any student breaking the signed AUP, which may times involved the parents because they also signed an AUP. If teachers didn't watch their students while on the computers, they were also reprimanded. No amount of security software can compare to old fashioned supervision. My son told me the kids thought I was a bitch and that confirmed that I was doing a good job.
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The problem with Deep Freeze is that it reeks havoc if the computers need to be used by teachers in a training session. Many applications don't run with it on. We service 63 school districts with Lotus Notes and the districts running Deep Freeze always have problems. There is only one way keep the computers "clean" and that is by constant HUMAN supervision. I ran a Middle/High school lab for 5 years and there is always someone who will break through the security from hacking to selling Internet filtering passwords from district to district. I kept a clean lab by constantly walking around, watching their screens, logging what students sat at what computers at what times, and having the support of the district to "punish" any student breaking the signed AUP, which may times involved the parents because they also signed an AUP. If teachers didn't watch their students while on the computers, they were also reprimanded. No amount of security software can compare to old fashioned supervision. My son told me the kids thought I was a bitch and that confirmed that I was doing a good job.