[NotInControl]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

The backstory on the Driver account is that it was done in order to make the Windows computer run less of Windows. The fear was that in the middle of the match, the laptop would start downloading updates, putting up dialogs about buying shoes at from Amazon, etc.

After using the laptop as DS for a number of years now, I think people are less afraid of that sort of thing, so the FTAs won't look at you funny if you run the driver or your other account. It is your laptop, and you can decide what accounts you make, which you run, and what you use for a dashboard.

They will, however, still look at you funny if your machine starts installing updates or buying shoes off amazon during a match and you expect them to help you. So the Driver account is there if you want to use it.

Greg McKaskle

Greg,

This is still a great idea. I still suffer from my kids installing spotify and itunes on any laptop they get their hands on... including the driverstation .

This may be a little much, but one of the things FIRST can do in the future to help teams with this scenario while not limiting what teams can do from a permissions standpoint is provide a script or checklist of Windows 7/8 items which teams should disable on their DriverStation.

We have such a script setup, which disables certain services, to prevent those things from happening and I am willing to share.

Teams can decide to run through the driverstation checklist or not.

Regards,
Kevin