CNET Editors' review
This handy application effectively prevents unauthorized changes to your computer's settings, yet user interaction is limited. Upon installation you'll find Drive Vaccine docked in your system tray, where you can easily access its functions, configure the program settings, and enable protection. To activate, you need to perform a system restart, which enables protection from any changes that can be made to your computer.
We were pleased that the program really doesn't affect how users work. Changes made in your computer, such as altering the desktop theme, installing software, or deleting a file, are reverted back to their original state after the machine is restarted. That's because Drive Vaccine creates a password-protected storage area in your hard drive's free space where it stores the changes made in your computer. Once you restart, that drive is emptied and used again.
Drive Vaccine runs in your system unnoticed and it doesn't create shortcuts in the Start Menu and desktop. This program works well in protecting your system settings, especially if your computer sees several users per day, and can be a nice addition to your defense arsenal.
Publisher's Description
From Horizon DataSys:
Drive Vaccine's Automated PC Restore solution, drastically reduces computer maintenance, and is widely used to protect public access computers or shared computing environments, i.e. library public computers, school PC Labs, Internet cafes and training centers. Drive Vaccine's protection is invisible; users feel as though they have absolute control over the PC. Regardless of what the PC user may attempt to do, delete files, install software or even modifying registry settings, the PC's will restore to their desired baseline settings every time the PC's are restarted. Making the workstations perfectly configured and available for the next user.
What's new in this version: Version 9.0 adds solid state hard Drive (SSD) with Trim support; UEFI BIOS support.
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"Fitting perfectly..."
Version: Drive Vaccine 1
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In my opinion I think this piece of software perfectly fits its needs. Also on te manual is mentioned:
"If Drive Vaccine is currently enabled you will not see the blue needle icon on the taskbar until the Hot Key combination is pressed. When the customized Hot Key combination(Ctl-Alt-F10 default) is pressed, a blue needle will appear in the system tray. This is also how you will verify that DriveVaccine is running and enabled."
Maybe this was not the case on previous versions, but nowadays, as far as I could experience, so far so good...
I hope you managed to uninstall.
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"Works well with PC and Mac environments."
Version: Drive Vaccine 1
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I have deployed Drive Vaccine with excellent results on our Mac and PC computers. It works great in lab environments.
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"the worst"
Version: Drive Vaccine 1
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I have never given a bad report on any software i have tried however this one cant be any worse .First i cant operate it properly now it deletes any software i install and now i cant even uninstall the darn thing this one needs lots of work stay away folks
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"Superb"
Version: Drive Vaccine 1
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