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Do you wipe the drives and reinstall? Do you have a standard suite of software to install on them? There's a project I've been meaning to try out called "Unattended", which does automated, unattended Windows OS and application installation and configuration using a Linux server. I believe it's supposed to work much like Solaris Jumpstart. http://unattended.sourceforge.net John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix OLD GnuPG KeyID: D5C7B5D9 / Email: abreauj at gmail.com OLD GnuPG FP: 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 2011 GnuPG KeyID: 32A492D8 / Email: abreauj at gmail.com 2011 GnuPG FP: On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbourne at gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All, > > I have a public computer lab with a little under 40 windows PCs. ?The > teachers and students are always finding novel ways to break them. > They must run Windows. ?As the sole IT guy in our org keeping these > machines working is eating up too much of my time. > > Does anybody have any suggestions on how to keep these boxes running? > > Here's what I'm currently thinking of doing. ?Install Ubuntu and > virtualbox on all of them. ?Upon automatic login a shell script starts > that checks for the latest windows image. ?If the PC already has the > latest image then start virtualbox in full screen mode else download > image and then start vb. ?This way every user has the same exact > 'computer'. ?It will make my life and the teachers lives easier. > > What do you think? > > Thanks, > Eric > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOmulBAAoJEMepoCRXYYMJLJgH/RgZ/DfvZTcyH+y4OZX801it > iQZTGswQV6GORUMWH+RwE1rNCQcNmoQThx2Ki+lmJ/WIStxZXYa1VPWG1j/0k8tF > xmvpqUZ+SNZ+zA0PEvce2FY1fmq7sfu6NDpn24WSWbTJvmJMM7aYalIEXbJshd7n > 2xM5BEwjFmGuMYCS4f3rRZLzf7HMUfI+VpnBG6+BDftoWkrh+PLMh0vDByXL1gYv > 6AIlVj7lKaP8JnfpaX7a/V+5JplH/oUTwb6IysgBp4K9QQ0Gy60JQsbyVPDVPgDV > RZZHu+Ge7A9i2I9mnYQI4G1+4/VDpJZsPHTFTbdr+UjEUHSybwwnzGQimAhRnTs= > =FRTt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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