Re: What is/was your work desktop? was Re: [LUG] SIMS

[Benjamin Matthew A'Lee <martianspider@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 00:01 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:44:42 +0000
> "Benjamin Matthew A'Lee" <martianspider@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Termisoc (UoP Computing Society) managed to arrange a tour of the server
> > rooms recently, and there was a discussion about this.  If I remember
> > correctly, the machines are automatically rebooted every night and
> > everything is restored to its original state.
> >  -Ben
>
> Automatically rebooting the servers, as in a scheduled/timed reboot?  What about 
> this idea of remotely rebooting a desktop machine?
>
> Grant.

Sorry, didn't explain it very well.  All the Uni's XP boxes have some
piece of software installed that reboots the machine and installs any
updates that ILS have decided are safe to use.
(Sent this before, from the wrong account - sorry).

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