From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I'd be curious to know how long a NO internet connection available will start ERF.

It could be, that if SOME internet connectivity is available, the ERF time
is shorter, than if NONE is available.  NONE would allow for traveling
people, who never re-connect to the internet with a specific laptop, to
keep their machines going.

What about those computers that are used for very specific usage, that
NEVER touch the internet?

There are audio people who use various Audio Workstations, that
intentionally NEVER connect to the internet, to preclude any possible
malware infections.  They are total standalone boxes.  Some, not even
working on a local LAN, just use removable storage (USB/Firewire storage
devices).

In a Vista world, once authenticated on install, how long before their
computers move into ERF mode?  (Serious question).

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Glenn M.
"John Beckett"  wrote in message
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> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news::
>> I can do it one of two ways,setting the networking to not-connected, and
>> the
>> other ways is to set it to local only, in that mode it can only see
>> itself
>> or another VM set to local only.  Local only is what I'm planning, but
>> I'll
>> probably do a test later with no connectivity whatsoever.
>
> For a fair test, you would probably want to start with connectivity to
> Microsoft. After the system knows it's online, then convert so there is no
> access to the Internet, while the local subnet does work. Then wait three
> days.
>
> OTOH what happens if there is no Internet access initially? I have only
> very briefly read some Vista stuff - don't you have to have an Internet
> connection or a local key management server?
>
> John
>

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