FARONICS DEEP FREEZE SERVER STANDARD User manual

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Last modified: March, 2010
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Important Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About Faronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Product Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Deep Freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Attended Install or Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Attended Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Attended Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Silent Install or Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Silent Install or Uninstall using a Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Install Over Existing Deep Freeze Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Install Using Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using Deep Freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Deep Freeze Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Status Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Status on Next Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clone Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Password Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Permanent Software Installations, Changes, or Removals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Preface
This user guide explains how to install, configure and use Deep Freeze Server Standard.
Topics
Important Information
Technical Support

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Important Information
This section contains important information about your Faronics Product.
About Faronics
Faronics delivers market-leading solutions that help manage, simplify, and secure complex IT
environments. Our products ensure 100% machine availability, and have dramatically impacted
the day-to-day lives of thousands of information technology professionals. Fueled by a
market-centric focus, Faronics’ technology innovations benefit educational institutions, health
care facilities, libraries, government organizations, and corporations.
Product Documentation
The following documents form the Deep Freeze Server Standard documentation set:
•Deep Freeze Server Standard User Guide — This document guides you how to use the
product.
•Deep Freeze Server Standard Release Notes — This document lists the new features and
known issues and closed issues.

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Technical Support
Every effort has been made to design this software for ease of use and to be problem free. If
problems are encountered, contact Technical Support.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [phone] or 1-604-637-3333
Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)
Contact Information
•Web:www.faronics.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: [phone] or 1-604-637-3333
• Fax: [phone] or 1-604-637-8188
• Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)
• Address: Faronics Technologies USA Inc.
2411 Old Crow Canyon Road, Suite 170
San Ramon, CA 94583
USA
Faronics Corporation
609 Granville Street, Suite 620
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5
Canada

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Introduction
Faronics Deep Freeze helps eliminate computer damage and downtime by making computer
configurations indestructible. Once Deep Freeze is installed on a computer, any changes made to
the computer—regardless of whether they are accidental or malicious—are never permanent. Deep
Freeze provides immediate immunity from many of the problems that plague computers today—
inevitable configuration drift, accidental system misconfiguration, malicious software activity, and
incidental system degradation.
Topics
System Requirements

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System Requirements
Deep Freeze Server Standard is supported on:
• Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2
• 32 and 64 bit versions are supported
• Faronics recommends a minimum of 256 MB of system memory in the protected systems
• Deep Freeze requires 10% of the hard drive to be left as free space

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Installing Deep Freeze
This chapter describes the installation process.
Topics
Attended Install or Uninstall
Silent Install or Uninstall
Silent Install or Uninstall using a Shortcut
Install Over Existing Deep Freeze Versions
Install Using Imaging

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Attended Install or Uninstall
Attended Install
Complete the following steps to perform an attended install.
1. Double-click DFStdServ.exe to begin the installation process. The following screen appears:
2. Click Next. Click I agree to the terms in the License Agreement. Click Next.
3. Enter the License Key or select the Use Evaluation check box to install Deep Freeze in
Evaluation mode. The Evaluation period ends 30 days after installation. Contact Faronics to
purchase a License Key.

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4. Choose the drives to Freeze from the displayed list. Click Next.
5. Click Install to begin the installation.
The computer restarts immediately after the installation is complete.
Attended Uninstall
Complete the following steps to perform an attended uninstall.
1. Double-click DFStdServ.exe to begin the uninstall process. The following screen appears:

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2. Click Next. Click Uninstall.
The computer restarts immediately after the uninstall is complete.

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Silent Install or Uninstall
Deep Freeze can be rapidly installed on multiple computers over a network using the Silent Install
feature. Deep Freeze can also be uninstalled in the same manner. Any deployment utility that
allows execution of a command line on a remote computer can implement Silent Install or
Uninstall. After the Silent Install or Uninstall is complete, the system restarts immediately.
The command line has the following options:
Example Command Line:
DFStdServ.exe /Install /Freeze=C /PW=password
In the above example, only the C: drive is Frozen. Any other drives on the computer are Thawed. If
the computer only has a C: drive, the [/Freeze] switch can be omitted. A password (password) is
created. After executing the command, Deep Freeze installs and the computer restarts Frozen.
Syntax Description
[/Install] Install Deep Freeze using installation file
[/Uninstall] Uninstall Deep Freeze
[/PW=password] Set a password during installation
[/AllowTimeChange] Allow system clock to be changed
[/Freeze=C,D,...] Freeze only drives listed (Thaw all others)
[/Thaw=C,D,...] Thaw only drives listed (Freeze all others)
The Silent Install or Uninstall does not work without the [/Install] or
[/Uninstall] switch.
Deep Freeze must be in a Thawed state before [/Uninstall] can be used.

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Silent Install or Uninstall using a Shortcut
Deep Freeze can be installed (or uninstalled) directly on a computer without having to use the
installation dialog box by completing the following steps.
1. Locate the Deep Freeze installation file (DFStdServ.exe).
2. Right-click on the icon and choose Create Shortcut. Save the shortcut to the desktop.
3. Right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties.
4. Edit the path of the Target field by typing /install or /uninstall at the end of the path.
Example Shortcut Target:
E:\Deep Freeze Install File\DFStdServ.exe /install
Double-clicking the new shortcut results in the immediate installation or uninstallation of Deep
Freeze, followed by a restart of the computer.
Deep Freeze must be in a Thawed state before /uninstall can be used.

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Install Over Existing Deep Freeze Versions
All existing Deep Freeze versions must be uninstalled prior to performing any new Deep Freeze
installation.

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Install Using Imaging
Deep Freeze has been designed to work with all major imaging and desktop management
software. Use either an Attended Install or the Silent Install to install Deep Freeze on a master
image.
Deep Freeze must be prepared for deployment before finalizing a master image. To prepare the
master image for deployment complete the following steps:
1. Restart the computer into a Thawed state.
2. Launch Deep Freeze using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+F6. Alternatively, press
SHIFT and double-click the Deep Freeze icon in the System Tray.
3. Enter the password and click OK.
4. Click Set Flag in the Status tab.
5. The message The flag has been set successfully. Do you want to reboot your computer now?
is displayed. Click Yes to reboot the computer immediately. Click No to reboot the computer
later.
After imaging, the computers require an additional restart for Deep Freeze to correctly detect the
changes in disk configuration. If the computers are imaged in an unattended mode, steps should
be taken to ensure the computers are restarted to allow the configuration to update.

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Using Deep Freeze
Topics
Deep Freeze Icons
Logon
Status Tab
Password Tab
Permanent Software Installations, Changes, or Removals

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Deep Freeze Icons
The Frozen or Thawed Deep Freeze icon appears in the System Tray after installation and
indicates whether the computer is currently protected by Deep Freeze (Frozen) or unprotected
(Thawed).
When the computer is Frozen, the following icon is displayed in the System Tray:
When the computer is Thawed, the following icon is displayed in the System Tray: