[NEWS] Sandbox users with Windows 7 PC Safeguard

[Nuz]

04 Novembre

Tra le feature presenti in Windows 7 una che riguarda l'aspetto della sicurezza è il PC safeguard, che altro non è che l'integrazione del software di virtualizzazione delle partizioni Windows SteadyState. Abilitando questa funzione sarà possibile rimuovere tutti i cambiamenti e i file salvati durante una sessione. Ulteriori dettagli:

If you share your PC with many users, some of whom may be messy users with a habit of littering files and changing settings, or you might just be a privacy nut who doesn’t like to leave any traces behind, either way, a new and previously unannounced feature in Windows 7 called “PC Safeguard” might just be what you’re after.

First noticed by the enthusiasts at JCXP.net, “PC Safeguard”, as it is called in the Windows 7 user account settings, prevents specified standard user accounts (cannot be applied to admin accounts) from making permanent and unwanted changes by removing all changes and files saved after the user logs off.

Credit where credit is due, this feature is not fundamentally new. Since 2005, Microsoft has offered a tool previously known as the “Shared Computer Toolkit” now “Windows SteadyState” to both Windows XP and Vista users to do exactly this function and a little more. The interesting thing however is that the feature is now baked into Windows 7 - making it more widely known to users as well as simplifying the process drastically.



To enable this feature, click on the “Set up PC Safeguard” link when managing a user account. [CONTINUA]

Fonte: istartedsomething