Reader Nancy Todd wants to set up several PCs to revert to a known-good state after each use. "I have a couple of unused machines with XP on them. I would like to be able to use them for one-time use and then during shutdown erase anything that was entered during use, like the PCs I see at the library or in secured networked workstations. Is there a way for a home user to do this on a single machine?" Absolutely, and the tools are free! In fact, if you want or need free ways to make Windows reset itself to pristine condition after each use, there are two very different approaches.
That's the top topic in my column in the WindowsSecrets newsletter this week at
http://WindowsSecrets.com Other topics I cover:
- Running defragmentation alongside other apps; is it OK to multitask when defrag is running. (Yes--- with caveats!)
- 64-bit Windows and files from a 32-bit system (Will a move to 64-bit computing won't orphan old files?)
- Virus, rogue spell checker, or bad keyboard? (Something's messing up reader John Arleth's typing!)
The rest of this issue:
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