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Hello Kevin,<br>
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We have the same issues there at UF. We added a software called
Panda USB Vaccine to help with some of the USB virus infections and
we keep the off line computers virus definitions up to date with
periodic manual updates. Windows Essentials can be updated from a
USB drive, so we download the update and manually do this. I'm sure
whatever virus protection you are using has a manual drive update
option so the computer does not have to be online. We went through
the facility owned USB drive option and users did exactly as you
described.<br>
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Another solution is to have a university secured computer as an
interface between the instrument and the university's network. This
takes up a lot more space and some money, but it is effective for
file transfer. We did this with our Nano CT system since the file
sizes are in the GB range and we have so many people using it. But
this is the only instrument that we applied this solution.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
Brent<br>
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Brent P. Gila, PhD.<br>
Director, Nanoscale Research Facility<br>
1041 Center Drive<br>
University of Florida<br>
Gainesville, Florida 32611<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="Tel:352-273-2245">Tel:352-273-2245</a><br>
Fax:352-846-2877<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:email:bgila@ufl.edu">email:bgila@ufl.edu</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/9/2018 7:54 PM, Kevin McPeak
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<div dir="auto">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Here at the LSU cleanroom, we have several older computers (e.g
Win XP and Win 7) which are not allowed on the network. These
computers are connected to instruments <span
style="font-family:sans-serif">(e.g. SEM and AFM)</span> that
we often need to get files from. Unfortunately, the instruments
do not run on Win 10 (our network administrator won't allow Win
7 on the network as well).
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<div dir="auto">The current protocol to get images etc. off
these older computers is to use a cleanroom owned USB stick to
move the file to one computer in the cleanroom which is on the
network.
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<div dir="auto">I do not like this protocol. It is very
difficult to stop users from using their own USB stick,
which could be infected. Also USB sticks grow legs.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I suspect other facilities on the list have
faced these same challenges. I am curious how you have
resolved them. Thank you in advance for your input!</div>
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<div dir="auto">Regards,</div>
<div dir="auto">Kevin<br>
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Kevin M. McPeak<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Louisiana State University<br>
Dept. of Chemical Engineering<br>
3307 Patrick Taylor Hall<br>
Baton Rouge, LA 70803<br>
email: <a href="mailto:kmcpeak@lsu.edu" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">kmcpeak@lsu.edu</a><br>
phone: 225-578-0058<br>
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