Chris Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Windows® SteadyState™ is now available. (Windows SteadyState was formerly known as Microsoft® Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP.) Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet café, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them. Windows SteadyState is easier to download, set up, use, and maintain than Shared Computer Toolkit. Windows SteadyState runs on genuine copies of Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. And, Windows SteadyState is offered at no charge to Windows Genuine Advantage customers! Validation RequiredBefore Windows SteadyState can be installed, you are required to validate that your computer is running genuine Microsoft Windows. As described in the privacy statement, Microsoft will not use the information collected during the validation process to identify or contact you. By running genuine Microsoft Windows®, you can download and install Windows SteadyState, as well as enable certain product features and obtain non-security updates and product support from Microsoft. For more information, see the Windows Genuine Advantage Web site. SteadyState Helps Make it Easier to Manage Your Shared Computers Shared computers are commonly found in schools, Internet and gaming cafés, libraries, and community centers. It is increasingly common for owners, teachers, or non-technical personnel to manage shared computers in addition to their many other responsibilities. Managing shared computers can be difficult, technically challenging, time-consuming, and expensive. And what’s more, without system restrictions and protections, users can inadvertently change the desktop appearance, reconfigure system settings, and introduce unwanted software, viruses, and other harmful programs. Repairing damaged shared computers can require significant time and effort. User privacy is also an issue for shared computer environments. Shared computers often use shared user accounts that make Internet history, saved documents, and cached Web pages available to subsequent users. Windows SteadyState provides a more effective way to help defend shared computers from changes by untrusted users and unwanted software installations. It can also help safeguard system resources.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Great! I've been looking for a program like this. Best of all, it's free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight-Oh-Eighty-Eight Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I love this. I've wanted this for a long time. Now I can let anyone use my computer..-8088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight-Oh-Eighty-Eight Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I can't help but notice that Vista is not on the list of Operating Systems this works on. Is this a Vista feature? Or are Vista people out of luck? I've been thinking about taking the Vista plunge and if I can't get this type of feature I'll stick with XP.-8088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 It's not available for Vista at the moment, Microsoft are working on it apparently but as yet there is no release date available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight-Oh-Eighty-Eight Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 It's not available for Vista at the moment, Microsoft are working on it apparently but as yet there is no release date available.So I guess I'll go ahead and get a Vista box and try hard not to screw it up too bad before Vista's steadystate coms out. Thanks for you help.-8088 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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