Hi, ZZ --

As I said in email, I'm glad you're asking about locally-stored docs and maybe special programs, before pushing ahead with a re-imaging or OS-reinstall.  If it's a classroom computer, do make a point of asking the teacher.  But in general it's going to be okay at Ray, from the combination of the "computer culture" in the building and the technical setup &mdash; they are used to having computers reimaged, and many users had network storage automatically and knew not to save to the local desktop etc.  

You're right that the techco password is likely too widely distributed.   But it requires a big foofaraw with the Central Office to get it changed for a school, so the best approach is just to minimize the general user's exposure to that sign-in.  For instance, if there is time, after working on a host as TechCo, do another login as a non-priv user, and log off that way, just for the sake of leaving that as the evident sign-on for the next person who comes to the computer.

Thanks for your good report and good work!

  ==mitch