The next morning, 28 students typed their exams without issue. One student tried to install a keylogger. Another attempted to change system settings. Both failed gloriously. After each reboot, every machine was exactly as Lena had left it.
First, she logged into the master machine with local admin rights. She uninstalled bloatware, set the desktop background to the university logo, and disabled USB auto-run. She defragmented the SSD—not strictly necessary, but she was a perfectionist. Then she created a "ThawSpace" on the D: drive. This small, 20 GB partition would remain writable even when frozen, so students could save their exam files. install deep freeze windows 10
Then came the password prompt. She typed a complex 16-character string twice. Never use default , she reminded herself. The next morning, 28 students typed their exams
She accepted the license agreement. When asked for the installation type, she chose . Both failed gloriously
One final restart. This time, the boot screen showed: .