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fvandal

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AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« on: May 16, 2017, 09:41:31 AM »
Hello Again!
I was wondering if any of you tried AdvancedHMI with Deep Freeze
Deep Freeze is a software that allow to freeze the state of a computer
that way, user can't make change or install anything on a protected computer
my problem is that Deep Freeze keep resetting the setting that i put in the HMI
i have already tried to contact Faronic, the maker of Deep Freeze, and they didn't gave me a good answer
since that software is doing its work right (freezing everything) i am now asking you if you ever encounter trouble with this software
it might just be an error of my part but it is now over 6 hours i'm trying to work around this and i'm kind of desperate to find a solution

Can anyone help me?
Thank you all for your time

dmroeder

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2017, 10:12:56 AM »
I've never used that software but what if you tried to run it from an external drive instead of directly on the machine?

fvandal

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2017, 10:33:26 AM »
I can't run it else where since its a panel PC
the final product will not have free usb port

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2017, 02:01:43 PM »
Does the software work like the Microsoft Write Filter where it allows you to define directories that can change to allow for things like settings?

fvandal

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2017, 02:40:10 PM »
Yes and no
Deep Freeze prevent any tempering with any files on the protected drive
i dont know if i need to move a registry key to prevent the setting file to get back to its original state

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2017, 10:44:36 AM »
I do work with Rollback Rx which is something more advanced than Deep Freeze as allows you to freeze your PC but main function is to save states and go back whenever you need. Anyway, I do not think deep freeze has an option to allow keeping files or folders from going back to original state on restart (Rollback does, but is not that good), so my recommendation would be to make 2 partitions on your hard drive, use windows and deep freeze in the primary, use secondary (a logical partition) as a storage for your application (do not use deep freeze here).

Another way is run your application from a shared folder on a different PC.

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2017, 11:16:11 AM »
Thank you all for answering
I am not looking for a solution on the AdvancedHMI forum
I was just wondering if someone did used Deep Freeze in the past
like Sprungmonkey said, i did used a partition to stock my application but it keep getting back to its original setting when i restart the panel PC
i'm still in contact with the maker of deep freeze to know if there is a solution
i really don't want to let my panel PC unprotected
thank you again for your time

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2017, 12:58:50 PM »
So deep freeze is forcing to protect all hard driver partitions? Rollback allows you to select which drives and partitions you want to protect when installing it.

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2017, 08:16:31 AM »
Does anyone know if i would need to protect the registry key to prevent the setting of advanced HMI to get back to their previous state?

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Re: AdvancedHMI and Deep Freeze
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2017, 10:13:43 AM »
Please specify what settings you mean.