windows vista problem

[Midnight_Walker]

Originally Posted by metal_gear_pain

Has anyone here, ever tried Virtualisation software's like these ?

Yes - I've used Deep Freeze, and now you've described your program, I understand what you're on about. However I think to suggest it as an anti virus solution is a little crazy. I used it (actually I recommended it!) at work, and although the theory is great, in practise it's more difficult to use. The amount of times you just forget it's running and have to re-do everything you've already done because you forgot to disable it is untrue, and it means you can't make any permanent changes to your drive. You can't change system settings, save files or install programs while it's running. So if you want to do anything as minor as change your screen res, for example, you have to open the program, disable it, restart, change res, open program, enable it and restart to get back to where you were.

Also, suppose you want to install a program that's infected with a virus, or you get attacked while installing a program (and therefore your protection is down). Then what do you do? You have no A/V protection so your system is infected. Suppose you plug in a USB device with a virus. You have no way of knowing it's infected, so no way to clear it. Sure, your system isn't permanently infected because a reboot clears everything, but as soon as you plug in the USB device again, you're infected again until you reboot. Also, you can't even save documents while it's running, which makes it totally useless for home users, IMO. Sure, you could save to a drive which hasn't got the lockdown on, but then what's the point of having the lockdown at all, since that drive could easily be riddled with viruses you have no clue about.

In a corporate environment it's a reasonably good idea if you're using systems that are more or less static, because it means nobody can fudge anything up permanently, and tech support calls are vastly reduced, but for home users it's a complete pain in the arse, and it's definately not a good suggestion for an AV solution. I'd sooner recommend Norton than anything llike this.

[metal_gear_pain]

Originally Posted by Midnight_Walker

. However I think to suggest it as an anti virus solution is a little crazy.
Also, suppose you want to install a program that's infected with a virus, or you get attacked while installing a program (and therefore your protection is down). Then what do you do? .

Thats true. I would suggest an Antivirus ( no need of a resource hogger here ) along with a virtualisation program running . Wouldnt this be the perfect solution then ?
I have removed all anti-virus solutions from my system now ( though as you said, it isnt fully advisable ) , coz i have the confidence. Even if something disastrous happens ,i can at least be sure that the last program which i installed was the culprit , right ? It's been going fine for more than a year now . I am also enjoying all the benifits as i mentioned below.

[shadow1768]

Originally Posted by Midnight_Walker

Yes - I've used Deep Freeze, and now you've described your program, I understand what you're on about. However I think to suggest it as an anti virus solution is a little crazy. I used it (actually I recommended it!) at work, and although the theory is great, in practise it's more difficult to use. The amount of times you just forget it's running and have to re-do everything you've already done because you forgot to disable it is untrue, and it means you can't make any permanent changes to your drive. You can't change system settings, save files or install programs while it's running. So if you want to do anything as minor as change your screen res, for example, you have to open the program, disable it, restart, change res, open program, enable it and restart to get back to where you were.

Also, suppose you want to install a program that's infected with a virus, or you get attacked while installing a program (and therefore your protection is down). Then what do you do? You have no A/V protection so your system is infected. Suppose you plug in a USB device with a virus. You have no way of knowing it's infected, so no way to clear it. Sure, your system isn't permanently infected because a reboot clears everything, but as soon as you plug in the USB device again, you're infected again until you reboot. Also, you can't even save documents while it's running, which makes it totally useless for home users, IMO. Sure, you could save to a drive which hasn't got the lockdown on, but then what's the point of having the lockdown at all, since that drive could easily be riddled with viruses you have no clue about.

In a corporate environment it's a reasonably good idea if you're using systems that are more or less static, because it means nobody can fudge anything up permanently, and tech support calls are vastly reduced, but for home users it's a complete pain in the arse, and it's definately not a good suggestion for an AV solution. I'd sooner recommend Norton than anything llike this.

THAWSPACE FTW!!!!

(A partition where you can save a bunch of crap and files to it without having deep freeze destroy it)

Also Norton sucks ***, it makes your computer run so freaking slow.
Computer Associates=Win

[BoyEngland]

My school in America used DeepFreeze and the pedo who sat in the server room used to watch us play games, and freeze a screenshot of us doing it, and then send infractions out.

Luckily for me, me and my friends used to watch for the little icon changing to an eye, and the mouse would slow down. That (then) indicated he was watching us.