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  1. 2014/05/17
    SpywareDr

    SpywareDr SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member Thread Starter

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    At Emory University this week, a Windows 7 deployment image was accidently sent to all Windows machines, including laptops, desktops, and even servers. This image started with a repartition/reformat set of tasks. As soon as the accident was discovered, the SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) server was powered off "“ however, by that time, the SCCM server itself had been repartitioned and reformatted! :eek:

    Oops! Emory University accidentally tells all of its Windows PC to format themselves
     
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    James Martin

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    Quote from the comments section...

    Haha
    If I were Microsoft tho... I would send out a team armed with Windows 8.1 Update 1 and offer to cleanup their little oopsie Free of charge including a newly minted OS install!
    good good PR opportunities


    Our school had to reformat all of it's computers a while back due to a virus. No student computers were allowed to update themselves after that.
     

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    SpywareDr

    SpywareDr SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member Thread Starter

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    1) "Good" PR? Not around here. They'd better duck and run. ;)

    2) Ouch! . . . Speaking of which, now-a-days, Windows machines are too expensive and w-a-y too much trouble for an educational institution. They really ought to consider making a move to thin clients, such as Chromebook/box.
     
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    James Martin

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    In this type of arrangement, would resource-intensive programs like AutoDesk be installed on a server instead of Chromebook? Programs of this type work best with large monitors too.
     
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    SpywareDr

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    James Martin

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    AutoCAD and Inventor.
     
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    SpywareDr

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    Thanks, Doc.
     
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