DeepFreeze Freeze/Thaw Instructions

These instructions are for freezing or thawing a machine that has DeepFreeze installed.  If changes are to be made on a machine which has DeepFreeze, it must be thawed before making those changes.  This includes installing or updating software.  To protect the data on the computer, and potentially user privacy, the machine MUST then be refrozen before being returned to regular usage.

 Instructions

Thaw a machine:

• If this is a public machine, it will be necessary to either sign into a PCRes session, or bypass PCRes, in order to thaw the machine.

• Once past the PCRes screen, press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F6. is will bring up the DeepFreeze password window.

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

• Click the “OK” button.

• On the next pop-up window, on the Boot Control tab, select “Boot Thawed”.

• 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”

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

    • Click “Yes”

  • The computer will now reboot thawed.

  • The machine will reboot to its autolog profile for public machines, so you will need to bypass the PCRes screen.

  • Make changes as needed.

  • Refreeze using the directions below.

Freeze a machine:

• Bypass the PCRes screen, if needed

• Press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F6.

• Enter the password

• Click the “OK” button

• On the next pop-up screen, on the Boot Control tab, select “Boot Frozen”.

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

  • Click on “OK”

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

  • Click “Yes”

• The computer will now reboot frozen.

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