[mso] Re: Reset Training Computers

Virtual Computer is definetly the way to go!
Microsoft made the Virtual machine FREE a little while back and you can down 
load it from microsoft.

There is another way , a comercial program called DEEP FREEZE.
http://www.faronics.com/index.asp

Which allows you to do what ever you like , including deleting system files 
and when you reboot
all is back as it was!


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From: "ZZZ Stats" <zzzstats@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:41 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: Reset Training Computers


Best tool ever created for this is to use virtual machines and don't save 
any changes made in the virtual machine when you shutdown.  Each student 
gets an exact copy of the "system" and if they mess it up, they simply 
shutdown their system and restart.  It's a good idea if the student data is 
kept on the host machine or on a host network, but you can also limit the 
amount of other activities that are allowed during the class.

  Incidentally the host machine in this scenario has only a limited amount 
of permissions allowed, but on the guest machine they can be a full admin or 
just a regular user.
"Pearce, Norman" <Norman.Pearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Does anybody work in a small training room.

I am training Microsoft Office applications, and currently work a procedure
where during demonstrations and exercises students make a change to settings
and then return the settings to their initial state. This works most of the
time, but not always.

I do not have direct access to servers and our IT department are so short of
staff they cannot give me any support in this matter.

What options do any of you that are trainers have to "Reset" your software
applications to a standard "Start status", bearing the above in mind.

Any help / guidance would be very much appreciated.

Regards
Norman Pearce

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