Deep Unfreezer Manual

1. Using Deep Unfreezer is quite easy. To check out the current state of      DeepFreeze click on the 'Load' button. The position of the radio buttons will      change to the current state.



















2. To save the state click the 'Save' button.

















3. Depending on the version of Deep Freeze, the program may need to read      some information from the service file. Deep Unfreezer tries to find the file      automatically, if it doesn't succeed the user must specify the file location      manually.














4. For the latest versions of Deep Freeze (5.50 and above) for Windows 2K/XP      the Following rules apply:
     a. Deep Unfreezer must be run under an account with debug privileges. By          default Deep Freeze disables this privilege. Deep Unfreezer tries to enable          this privilege automatically, if it fails the program will show the message          'WARNING: Not running from service'. To manually enable this privilege          you have two options: follow the steps described on Tutorial 4 or using the          Administrator account use the 'at' command to run the program with the          System account. The 'at' command allows you to run programs at a given          time, so if it's 12:00 and the file is in C:\ you can run Deep Unfreezer with          the following command: at 12:01 /interactive "C:\DeepUnfreezer1.6.exe".          When the clock changes to 12:01 the system will run Deep Unfreezer with          debug privileges.

    b. Deep Unfreezer can change the state as long as the service (DF5Serv.exe)          had started and is running or if the service had never started at all. If the
         service started and for some reason it stopped, Deep Unfreezer wont be          able to change the state. In the case the service had never been started          Deep Unfreezer must be run from the System account and you will be able          to change the state as long as you don't close Deep Unfreezer. Once the          program is closed, the only way to change to state again is to reboot the          computer. Deep Unfreezer tries to run from the System account          automatically, if it fails the program will show the message 'WARNING:          Not running from service'. To manually run Deep Unfreezer from the          System account use the 'at' command described above.


Questions:

1. ¿Where's the program source code?
     At this moment I'm not planning to publish the source code.

2. ¿Can you add the option to change Deep Freeze password?
     At this moment I'm not planning to add that functionality, so don't ask for      it.

3. When I try to change the state of Deep Freeze on Windows      2K/XP I get the error 'cannot open process. Enough      privileges?'.
     To change the state Deep Unfreezer needs debug privileges. Read the      manual.

4. When I start Deep Unfreezer on Windows 2K/XP I get the      message 'WARNING: Not running from service'.
     Deep Unfreezer tries to automatically run from the System account with      debug privileges. This message means the program failed to do so. If you are      trying to change the state of Deep Freeze 5.50 or above you have to add this      functionalities manualy. Read the manual.

5. I have other questions. ¿What can I do?
     Post them on the forum. Don't forget to include the program log, what      version of Deep Freeze you are using and what version of Windows. The      messages sent to my email about Deep Unfreezer will be completely ignored.