[Technical] DeepFreeze Vs HDGuard

[Con Zymaris]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 08:44:50AM +1100, Clark, Ian C wrote:
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> > The freeware product may be a useful alternative, however it 
> > may lack the ability to centrally manage the setup. HD Guard 
> > has a centrally managed console (called HD Guard Master) that 
> > allows you to activate/deactivate the program on all 
> > computers (or on groups of computers - such as a computer 
> > room). It also has the ability to do this on a schedule so 
> > that computers can pick up windows updates etc. 
> 
> Yep, you get what you pays for, Chris!  From the documentation, the free

Ian, you know very well that you rarely get what you pay for ;-)

In most instances, you get far less than what you paid for (we're talking 
most proprietary software here ;-) 

And in other instances, you get far more than you paid for (open source
software, in contrast ;-)


> one can activate and deactivate on schedule for updates, but there's no
> central management.

How do these tools work? Do they store themselves on a small partition and 
kick-in at boot time? How do you prevent them from get mucked up, along 
with everything else on a Windows PC?

Cheers,

Con Zymaris

- CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.
- Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.
- Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry cluster.)
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