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1 total messages Started by Randall Blondeau Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:00
Re: CD's Writing to Mac's Desktop
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Author: Randall Blondeau
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:00
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
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>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>We had originally removed the CD Roms from the Powermacs (didnt
>want to have to supervise them) and use At Ease to lock the desktop.
>
>However, with no warning one of our freshman classes decided they
>were going to use CD's and hand them out to the students telling them
>they could use our facility to do thier homework.  We recd a call late last
>week stating that they needed to use this "NOW".
>
>I can get the CD to run under At Ease with no problem.  However,
>because the CD writes a file to the desktop, where the student currently
>is in thier homework and what was completed.  The students need to
>keep this file with them to do thier homework.
>
>Is there a program out there that will make it so the students have to login
>to the network to run any programs, not allow them to put programs on
>the computer and yet can get thier files from the desktop.  At Ease was
>doing great until this new problem came up.
>
>What are other labs with CD players doing.  Any ideas or suggestions
>welcome.  We are an unsupervised lab open 24hrs a day (yes that does
>create more problems).  I have TA's that work different shifts and I'm in
>and out of there during the work day but alot of things happen to our
>computers at 2:00am, when noone is there.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Candy
>***************************************************************************
>*****
>There is too much blood in my caffeine system.
>
>Candy Lappen              Candy@cchem.berkeley.edu
>UC Berkeley
>College of Chemistry
>
>All opinions expressed are my own and in now way can be considered
>actual ideas.
>***************************************************************************
>*****


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