Since this is a rigid standard set, you are assured that data generated via these apps will be accessible as-is in any other standard lab. Provides a standard operating system. All standard labs run the same version of Windows. This means you login the same way with the same userid and password in any standard lab. Provides access to all software installed on lab application servers via a standard set of drive mappings.
Machines run with a standard, single, common hard disk image.
This eases updates to machines, allows lab support to provide tools to automate hard drive maintenance, and allows machines to search for available application file servers if their primary server does not respond. The Computers in a standard lab meet a minimum hardware specification as set by DCIT's Lab Support Group.