I do tech support for the local library and they have a pc that is used as an internet browser and also has ms office installed on it so patrons can use word or excel. The machine has been completely fubarred by spyware and crap and so it needs a complete reinstall. The kicker: its a P133 with 48MB of RAM and they don't want to upgrade or get a new PC as they are completely retooling their tech infrastructure in a little less than a year.
So what can I do to make things a little better? I'd love to slap a mandrake or knoppix installation on there but they won't let that fly. So I'm stuck putting win98 back on there. It does have an extra hard drive, so I'm thinking once I get things set up I'll ghost an image to that just so there's an easy way to restore it. But are there any tools (freeware?) or resources that could help in locking it down so the idiots who use it won't re-infect it? Spybot seems to have limited usefulness, and since its 98 I don't know what settings I can change that someone else couldn't just go and muck up again.
I hate this library and everything about it. Bah.
Much thanks for any help.
So what can I do to make things a little better? I'd love to slap a mandrake or knoppix installation on there but they won't let that fly. So I'm stuck putting win98 back on there. It does have an extra hard drive, so I'm thinking once I get things set up I'll ghost an image to that just so there's an easy way to restore it. But are there any tools (freeware?) or resources that could help in locking it down so the idiots who use it won't re-infect it? Spybot seems to have limited usefulness, and since its 98 I don't know what settings I can change that someone else couldn't just go and muck up again.
I hate this library and everything about it. Bah.
Much thanks for any help.
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