FARONICS DEEP FREEZER PROFESSIONAL, Manual

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Deep Freeze Overview
About Deep Freeze
With over five million installations, Deep Freeze has a proven track record of non-restrictive, complete
Windows protection. Deep Freeze provides network administrators with a simple and 100% successful
method of maintaining desktop systems and reduces software technical support to an absolute
minimum. Completely invulnerable to hacking, Deep Freeze instantly protects and preserves original
computer configurations. No matter what changes a user makes to a workstation, simply restart to
eradicate all changes and reset the computer to its original state. Computing environments are easier
to manage and maintain, and expensive computer assets are kept running at 100% capacity. The result
is a truly protected and parallel network, completely free of harmful viruses and unwanted programs.
System Requirements
The Deep Freeze Configuration Administrator requires Windows 2000 or XP to function properly.
Deep Freeze requires Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and 10% free hard drive space. The hardware
requirements are the same as the recommended hardware requirements for the host operating
system.
Deep Freeze Professional Components
Deep Freeze uses different colored icons to represent the functions of its components.
The Configuration Administrator application is used to create customized, pre-
configured workstation installation program files, Workstation Seeds, the Enterprise
Console, and generate One Time Passwords.
A customized Deep Freeze workstation installation file based on configuration options;
to be installed onto Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP workstations.
About Faronics
Faronics develops and markets intelligent utilities for absolute control of multi-user computing
environments. Faronics’ market-leading solutions have dramatically impacted the day-to-day
lives of thousands of information technology professionals and computing lab managers, ensuring
100% availability of systems. Our user-driven, powerful technology innovations benefit educational
institutions, libraries, government organizations and corporations. Incorporated in 1996, Faronics
has two offices situated in the USA and Canada. An ambitious growth strategy and global outlook
has Faronics striving to reach new markets. Future diversification of Faronics’ utilities will provide
innovative and unique solutions, continuing to enhance user productivity.