How can I judge whether deep freeze is in frozen programatically?

Question

Two problem here:

1. Just like the title, when Faronics' deep freeze is running at my computer, how can I find whether it is in frozen state programatically?

2. Deep freeze seriously influence my software update scheme, Is there any good idea to handle it?

Any answer is appreciated. thanks!

Answer 1

You can query windows event log for checking Deep Freeze frozen or thawed state.

When Deep Freeze is in Frozen state it will create an event log under

Event Logs > Windows > Application

Event Data : Frozen

When Deep Freeze is in Thawed state it will create an event log under

Event Logs > Windows > Application

Event Data : Thawed

Answer 2

I found it by searching the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Faronics\Deep Freeze 6\DF Status

This will be either Frozen or Thawed as a string.

An oddity is the fact that it says Deep Freeze 6 in the registry but i have version 8 installed.

Answer 3

First Question:

Hold down the shift key and double-click the Deep Freeze icon. Alternatively, you can press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F6.

Enter your password and click OK.(ask the shop owner) If you have not yet entered a password you should be able to click OK without entering a password.

The Boot Options dialog is displayed. That will tell you if it's active.

Second Question:

Deep Freeze is not optimized to handle updates. I've tried a few different solutions similar to Deep Freeze and found that Drive Vaccine was the most user friendly in terms of implementing updates. Something to keep in mind, as I know the handling of updates has been many people's biggest complaint about Deep Freeze.