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richard-courtney wrote on 10/17/2007, 6:08 AM
Kinda like a computer lab we set up for community center. We use embedded XP (XPE).

Each computer has 1GB memory and boots off a server through the LAN.
jrazz wrote on 10/17/2007, 6:13 AM
I don't run antivirus software or pop up blockers or anything like that as I have not needed to. I am proficient enough to know how to stay away from sites that may contain something I don't want, but I thought the above to be interesting but I wondered what kind of a lag time is associated with using it if any?

j razz
richard-courtney wrote on 10/17/2007, 6:56 AM
With XPe you don't need an anti-virus with exception of BIOS settings lock when it
re-images each time it is used. You are running out of memory so faster.
However a program such as Vegas or DVDA that needs lots of memory may cause
problems.

In this case with Sandboxie you would still need a network shared drive. There
is the chance a network aware virus (many are) will implant itself on the network
drive and spread to users.
Laurence wrote on 10/17/2007, 8:05 AM
Just downloaded and installed it. Now I'm not afraid to do that "what's under the burkah" search that has always kind of scared me in the past... ;-)

Seriously, this looks like a pretty cool piece of software if you are running a tweaked machine that doesn't have virus protection.
jrazz wrote on 10/17/2007, 9:13 AM
I thought about downloading it and giving it a run, but I wanted to see if anybody else has already had experience with it and knew of the lag time it may or may not incorporate. (I currently have 2 projects up and running on my editor). I really don't think I would ever need it (but who thinks they ever need protection) as I don't use anything else on my editor save for the programs I use.

Laurence, since you are giving it a go, how does lag time enter into the equation?

j razz
Laurence wrote on 10/17/2007, 12:31 PM
It feels exactly the same so far. If you call up a Sandboxed version of IE and browse, then close it and open up a regular instance of IE, none of the sandboxed browsed sites show up in your history. That's as far as I've gone so far, but I imagine you are pretty safe from tracking cookies and malware as well.

This seems like a product who's main use will be to help guys browse for porn undedtected, but I think it is also useful to us video types who want to keep a system as clean and efficient as possible without insulating work PCs from the Internet all together.
jrazz wrote on 10/17/2007, 12:44 PM
Thanks Laurence. I appreciate you being willing to be the test subject.

j razz
Bill Ravens wrote on 10/17/2007, 12:48 PM
I d/lded and tried it out. One thing I noticed was that any files you legitimately download are lost forever.
Laurence wrote on 10/17/2007, 8:14 PM
There is an interesting article http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=786here[/link] which mentions some alternatives to Sandboxie.