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17 March 2008

How to enable or diable deepfreeze

How do I enable or disable Deep Freeze?
One or more methods can be employed to disable/enable (Thaw/Freeze) Deep Freeze depending on the edition being used.

A) Locally at the workstation (Deep Freeze Standard and Enterprise):

The following steps can be used to disable (Thaw) Deep Freeze:

  1. Hold down the shift button and double-click on the Deep Freeze icon. Alternatively, you can press Crtl-Alt-Shift-F6. You should now see a password dialog.
  2. Enter your password and click OK. If you have not yet entered a password you should be able to click OK without entering anything. You should now see a dialog with boot options.
  3. Select "Boot Thawed" and click OK. This will disable Deep Freeze on the next reboot.

The same steps can be used to enable (Freeze) Deep Freeze. The only change is to select "Boot Frozen".

B) Remotely via Deep Freeze Command Line Control (Deep Freeze Enterprise only):

Deep Freeze Command Line Control (DFC.EXE) can be used to Thaw/Freeze Deep Freeze through a script or batch file. More information about using this utility can be found in the Deep Freeze Enterprise user guide available at: http://www.faronics.com/doc/DF6Ent_Manual.pdf

C) Remotely via the Enterprise Console (Deep Freeze Enterprise only):

The Deep Freeze Enterprise Console can be used to Thaw/Freeze a workstation using the following steps:

  1. Select the workstations you would like to Thaw/Freeze.
  2. Click the "Reboot in Thawed state" button to Thaw the selected workstations. The workstations should reboot and appear in the Console in a Thawed state.
  3. Click the "Reboot in Frozen state" button to Freeze the selected workstations. The workstations should reboot and appear in the Console in a Frozen state.

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