Protect Windows Shared Computer With Windows SteadyState

Windows SteadyState, A enhanced windows administration software that allow Windows administrator protects their public shared computers against the kinds of accidental or malicious changes that are inevitable by configuring hard drive protection and advanced user management.

With Windows SteadyState, Windows administrator can minimize the windows corrupting rate and protect their windows shared computer in better management. However, this is still depending how windows administrator want to interact with windows opearting system.



TYPES OF ADVANCE WINDOWS CONFIGURATION WITH WINDOWS STEADYSTATE :

1. Windows Disk Protection – Windows Steadystate can help protect the Windows partition, which contains the Windows operating system and other programs, from being modified without administrator approval.

Any windows system changes made by windows shared users will be removed once the windows shared computer is restarted. Beside that, Windows SteadyState Windows Disk Protection features also gives windows administrator the option to remove all changes upon restart, to remove changes at a certain point in time, or to not remove changes at all.

2. User Restrictions and Settings – The window shared computer access restrictions and settings can help to enhance and simplify the user experience. Restrict user access to programs, settings, Start menu items, and options in Windows XP. You can also lock shared user accounts to prevent changes from being retained from one session to the next.

3. User Account Manager – Create and delete user accounts. You can use Windows SteadyState to create user accounts on alternative drives that will retain user data and settings even when Windows Disk Protection is turned on. You can also import and export user settings from one computer to another—saving valuable time and resources.

4. Computer Restrictions – Control security settings, privacy settings, and more, such as preventing users from creating and storing folders in drive C and from opening Microsoft Office documents from Internet Explorer.

BENEFIT USING WINDOWS STEADYSTATE:

* Installation and removal are faster and easier.
* Includes Windows Disk Protection, a utility that is similar to Centurion Guard or DeepFreeze.
* Easier to download critical operating system updates and virus updates.
* Includes session timers.
* Allows access to certain programs that are difficult to use with the PAC Tool.
* Fully compatible with Windows XP, Service Pack 2, while the PAC Tool has some minor bugs when running on XP SP2.

Windows SteadyState is available free of charge from Microsoft for computers running genuine copies of Windows XP and Vista. You can download Windows SteadyState anytime you want if you have genuine Windows OS.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT WINDOWS STEADYSTATE

* Microsoft’s SteadyState homepage, including the tool itself and links to additional resources.
* Microsoft’s Technical FAQ’s for SteadyState.
* Microsoft’s SteadyState Handbook (in PDF form).
* Microsoft