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  • Most machines that have DeepFreeze will be public machines, and will have PCRes on them. It will be necessary to either sign into a PCRes session, or bypass PCRes, to begin thawing the machine. (see separate instructions to bypass PCRes)

  • Once the desktop is available, press (all at once) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F6. This will bring up the DeepFreeze password window.

  • Enter the password provided by Marmot staff. NEVER share this password with patrons.

  • Click the “OK” button.

  • On the next pop-up window, on the Boot Control tab, select the “Boot Thawed” radio button near the upper left corner of the window.

  • Click on the “Apply and Reboot” button at the bottom-right corner of the window.

    • A pop-up window will appear saying that “The computer will be Thawed on all future starts.”

      • Click on “OK”, or wait just a moment and it will go to the next step on it own.

    • A confirmation pop-up will appear, saying “The configuration has been saved successfully. Do you want to reboot your computer now?”

      • Click “Yes”. It is necessary to reboot the computer for it to actually thaw.

    • The computer will now reboot. When it does, it will reboot to its autolog profile, but will be in a thawed state. You may now make changes as needed. Don’t forget to refreeze the machine afterward.

Freeze a machine:

  • From the desktop, press (all at once) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F6.  This will bring up the DeepFreeze password window.

  • Enter the password provided by Marmot staff.  NEVER share this password with patrons.

  • Click the “OK” button.

  • On the next pop-up screen, on the Boot Control tab, select the “Boot Frozen” radio button, near the upper left corner of the window.

  • Click on the “Apply and Reboot” button at the bottom-right corner of the window.

    • A pop-up window will appear saying that “The computer will be Frozen on all future starts.”

      • Click on “OK”, or wait just a moment.

    • A confirmation pop-up will appear, saying “The configuration has been saved successfully.  Do you want to reboot your computer now?”

      • Click “Yes”.  It is necessary to reboot the computer for it to actually freeze.

    • The computer will now reboot frozen, and any changes made to it by the next user will be wiped out as soon as the computer is rebooted again.

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