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Title: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: dungbeetle46 on July 01, 2009, 09:58:06 am: I am sure I have seen it on here before but cant find it through search.
there was a program that after you had set up your cab this would stop any changes from being saved so if somehow yourself or some else screwed things up, just restarting your pc would put it back the way it was.
anyone know what this app is
cheers
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: saint on July 01, 2009, 10:34:57 am: Go Back and Deep Freeze come to mind. You could also image it with a variety of imaging programs.
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: RayB on July 01, 2009, 12:28:07 pm: Maybe you could just set all files to "READ ONLY"
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: jfh2112 on July 01, 2009, 08:47:20 pm: Deep Freeze will definitely work. I use it on school labs all the time. Damn kids. :D
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: dungbeetle46 on July 01, 2009, 08:54:07 pm: Ahh, Deep Freeze, thats the one I was looking for
thanks everyone
cheers
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: saint on July 01, 2009, 09:19:11 pm: Wait! There's another one... MMmm one of the Microsoft products, that's free for individual use. Danged if I can remember the name but probably worth hunting down and trying. It's basically a Deep Freeze competitor.
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: jfh2112 on July 02, 2009, 10:42:00 am: That would be Windows SteadyState. It's a good free alternative if you're using XP. I used it for a library system's patron computers. Damn patrons. :D

EDIT: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Also looks like they've added Vista support, although I can't vouch for it. Works great on XP systems.
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: severdhed on July 02, 2009, 05:51:45 pm: do these programs allow you to keep certain files intact upon restoring it back to the way it was? i woulnd't mind locking my cabinet down like this, but dont want it to reset my mame hiscore files back to the way they were
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: DaveMMR on July 02, 2009, 07:41:38 pm: Personally, I just have a backup of all arcade related files (except roms, etc.) and have no visible admin buttons on the CP. ;)
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: jfh2112 on July 02, 2009, 11:09:09 pm: Quote from: severdhed on July 02, 2009, 05:51:45 pm
do these programs allow you to keep certain files intact upon restoring it back to the way it was? i woulnd't mind locking my cabinet down like this, but dont want it to reset my mame hiscore files back to the way they were

Deep Freeze will let you specify certain drives to keep unlocked ("thawed", they call it). I believe SteadyState will let you specify folders to keep changes in, but it's been a LONG time since I've fooled with it - set it and forget it, you know - so I can't say for sure. You should be able to download the manuals for SteadyState from the URL I posted above.
Title: Re: Looking for program to stop changes on my cab
Post by: leapinlew on July 02, 2009, 11:50:27 pm: Quote from: DaveMMR on July 02, 2009, 07:41:38 pm
Personally, I just have a backup of all arcade related files (except roms, etc.) and have no visible admin buttons on the CP. ;)

exactly.