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What is Faronics Deep Freeze?

Faronics Deep Freeze is a 'reboot to restore' software. Deep Freeze basially preserves/ locks down your desired computer configuration and settings, while providing the ability to remove any session changes, on every reboot.

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Faronics Deep Freeze provides the ultimate workstation protection by preserving your desired computer configuration and settings.


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Tony M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Deep Freeze Works Great For our Appication"
The ability to wipe session data and essentially restore machine to a clean status.
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Nathanael C.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Don't run a computer lab without it!"
Deep Freeze takes a snapshot of the computer it's installed on, saves it in a partition, and restores that snapshot every time the computer is rebo...
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Shon O.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Solid answer for public kiosk systems"
My first implementation of Deep Freeze was for a couple of public use kiosk systems in a hotel. I was having to do system cleanups from drive-by ma...
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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

I like that when a user has an issue or downloads a virus or deletes anything pertaining to the OS that if I restart, it is a clean slate! Also if our students decide to place their homework or anything on the desktop, it is gone the next day or restart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

The enterprise console is a little picky at times on waking computers on LAN, but that could be our network making it an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can implement restart schedules on computers to wipe out any changes a student has made on the computer or homework that they saved that they are not supposed to. If something breaks, we just restart! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

Love how you can install it, and let students pretty much do whatever on the machine. then once rebooted, it goes back to "default" and ready for the next user. I also like using the Admin Console where i can see all the computers, who is logged in, if the computer is frozen or thawed, and what version of DF. Also like the idea of having different configs for different rooms\labs. The program also is password protected so to even use it, you have to type a password. And it does not show up in Add\Remove Programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

What i don't like is the non-cloud version console does not support Macs. So we have a console for windows computers then on a Mac, we have it install for the Mac clients. Sometimes when we thawed lock the machine, and do our stuff, then freeze the machine, it sometimes shows us in the console the machine is frozen, but it's still lock. We then have to reboot the machine and try again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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The Enterprise Edition is great, but maybe getting the Cloud-based edition would be even better, but since we don't have a lot of Macs currently, our current setup is ok to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allow us to let students use computers with few restrictions, and if they delete files\folders, then a simple reboot will restore them. The flip side if they save files to the hard drive, and reboot, those files are not recoverable. We have it configured to reboot daily and every weekend they thaw and install updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

It is a great software! Plenty of utility and works well all the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

Not user friendly for beginners and lacks some premium features. No comete remote control of devices supported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prevents library users from installing or uninstalling software and keeps cokputers running safely Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

Product reliably restores the set configuration on each reboot. We can comfortably leave the public computers in use after hours and not expect support calls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

Without a license upgrade, updates take some consideration to implement through scheduled tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Faronics Deep Freeze:

There are licensing tiers depending on what options you want to include in your Deep Freeze subscription. the base package is cloud portal, but also includes some limited update options. Higher tiers allow easier updates for frequently used software, but cost more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

Deep Freeze prevents users from modifying configurations on the computer in a lasting manner (such as sound or video settings) . Because of this, we can reliably assert that after a reboot, the computer will be functional for the next user in a public setting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

The deep freeze software is one of the most useful software's I use. I no more need any kind of anti virus software's since I started using the deep freeze software.

This deep freeze software saved me lots of time, effort and money for other antivirus software's etc.

.The Deep Freeze software allows the users to freeze the system attributes at a position where you want.

.This position of the system is changeable.

.If there was any crash in the system, with a restart of the system, everything will be back to the previous stage where the system is frozen using the deep freeze.

.There is no scope for retaining any kind of virus because of the presence of deep freeze.

.The system retains the previous frozen state when ever it is restarted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

There is nothing i dislike about the deep freeze software. This software saved my system from effecting with any kind of virus since years. I dint get a need of any kind of anti virus software's all these years.

This software reduced most of my work of deleting the unnecessary files which are saved in my system. All the cache and unnecessary files will be deleted and my system regains its old state with every restart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I highly recommend the users to go for Deep Freeze instead of all other Anti virus softwares. This is an easy way of saving your system from the virus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

. It removed the need of antivirus software.

.This freezes my system at desired attributes.

.I can save all files that are unnecessary in a particular location and freeze that location with no files using deep freeze, this will retain the location with no files.

.This reduces the time and strain on deleting the unnecessary files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

While trying to install a new product from internet, unknown and unwanted tools are also installed may be of our unawareness or ignorance, so i always try to install it with Deep Freeze. Once it works as i desire, then i boot thawed. Then reinstalled... a great facility.

1. Prevents all unsafe installations.

2. Best protection from viruses

3. The best for data recovery

4. Worth a lot more than the price

5. Very handy and easy to use

6. Unique security option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

i think i like this most and a bit difficult to find dislikes, but still i would like to mention few. we need to take care and be conscious about the frozen or thawed condition is active otherwise ....

1. Saving a file in a frozen drive and reboot. we should remember to relocate the file to an unfrozen drive, otherwise we will loose the entire file data.

2. Any driver installations may will not work if installed in frozen condition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Faronics Deep Freeze:

i feel every PC need this now a days. As it is very easy to use and learn about what it does i suggest everyone to use it for the most safe and secured use of your PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

Many to explain in brief but still i will put some of them.

1. My staff cannot install unwanted apps.

2. None can delete my crucial data

3. None of the file get corruputed

4. No need to do regular software maintenance

5. No antivirus required

6. Performance of the system remains the same always

7. Settings and notifications can never change by any other users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

You can control the PCs that are used. You can wake, sleep, or even remote into them from the command console. You can also easily unfreeze and refreeze machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

The interface feels clunky and outdated. Sometimes PCs are not reachable from the command center interface, and require hands on assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Faronics Deep Freeze:

If you have labs that need to be in a certain state or have software that needs specific configurations, use this. It also acts well as an antivirus. If a PC gets infected, all you need to do is restart the PC, and you are back to the original configuration that you set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have labs that do not need users saving anything to, and also have software configured in a certain way that shouldn't be messed with. Deep Freeze allows us to keep those labs in one state. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

Restores On Reboot easily enough

Can be remotely managed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

Expensive

Too many costly add-ons

Many incompatibilities (Encryption, Windows Updates, etc) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Make sure you find out costs for features you'd otherwise expect (ie Update Management, Remote Management) as these costs can easily put Deep Freeze at three to four times the cost of competitors with similar features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping machines clean Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

I enjoy the fact that they have done several updates in the recent past to improve the functionality of the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

I wish the cloud service was grandfathered in with older customers, rather than an add on service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to lock down our school labs and keep users from modifying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Faronics Deep Freeze?

We use this product in a lab environment and it allows us to minimize student data usage by resetting their profile to default each time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Faronics Deep Freeze?

There are some limitations regarding windows update that are slowly getting addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Faronics Deep Freeze solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to control what students put on school desktops. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.