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Postby nickspoon » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:37 pm

Try one of the Windows XP computers at my school, and suddenly, those nightmares won't seem so bad. People can do so much to mess up those...
The computers at my school have smart cards in them, so if you do mess anything up, it messes itself right back down again on reboot.
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Postby Softpaw » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:55 pm

The computers at my school have smart cards in them, so if you do mess anything up, it messes itself right back down again on reboot.
A smart card is a method of encryption for secure communications, it has nothing to do with restoring settings. They're probably using this, it's popular with schools: http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp
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Postby Tarukai » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:29 pm

that they are. Our school does this too, as it is a handy way to make sure you don't mess up things permanently.
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Postby Dr. Dos » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:18 pm

so how bout them macs
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Postby Holyman83 » Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:00 am

*Glomps Dos*
That is one of my favorite games growing up!
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Postby gforce422 » Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:51 am

Oregon Trail! What a blast from the past. :lol: I loved that game growing up. That, and Frogger. And Sonic. And.......
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Postby Doc Sigma » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:56 pm

Meh, I was so old-school I played the TEXT-BASED version of Oregon Trail. The one with "TO SHOOT TYPE BANG"
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Postby Author_Joshua » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:53 pm

I saw that coming.

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Postby nickspoon » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:13 pm

A smart card is a method of encryption for secure communications, it has nothing to do with restoring settings. They're probably using this, it's popular with schools: http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp
It calls itself a smart card in its little wizard thing when it boots. Whether that is an accurate description is questionable. I can't remember what make it is, but it's certainly not that.
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Postby KJ Fellie » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:56 pm

At my high school, they used to re-image all the computers if students messed with them. The network was called "Superman" and they all had a desktop with Superman that people would always mess with. One person would put a picture of the vice principle's head on Superman's body. I was well-done and very funny.
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Postby Holyman83 » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:11 pm

We use a program called centurion over here. If you loses or miss type the password you'll prolly have to re-image the computer. The main problem is people will turn it off so they can install something, but then never turn it back on.
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