It's all in the details

I've been spending much time refining and testing the software that will be on all the public access computers. At this point, I'm down to two things: bookmarks and small details.

For instance, at the Login Screen (the systems will automatically boot to a certain profile, but that will change later), the screen saver is the standard Windows XP screen saver. I had no idea how to change the screensaver until I looked it up at Microsoft's support site. You have to use the registry editor to make the changes, but it's relatively simple to do.

The article can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493/

For the record, I can definitively say that the Administrator profile does not determine the default settings for the Login Screen.

At this time, I'm up to revision 10 on both OEM (for computers pre-loaded with XP Pro) and eOpen (those not pre-loaded). I use Symantec Ghost 2003 for all my major backup and imaging needs. It works with virtually any file system (including those used by Linux) and saves a lot of time prepping multiple computers.

http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=br&pvid=ghost10

Please note that Ghost Version 10 works only with Windows platforms. The 2003 version is recommended if you're using other operating systems or have multiple computers to work on.

Make sure that you keep track of your software licenses!