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June 8th, 2015 04:00

Litigation

Litigation

I am fairly new to the procedures in litigation cases, so I was wondering if thin client devices store any user data or activity that could be sequestered?

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    Posted June 8th, 2015 04:00

    It's a Wyse R90

    The device in question is a Wyse R90 if that helps getting an answer.

  • RMontalvo

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    Posted June 9th, 2015 17:00

    No user data is kept. Only configuration information and error logs.

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    Posted August 29th, 2015 11:00

    Just for completeness, I had thought the Wyse Windows-based TCs also store browser history?

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    Posted August 31st, 2015 09:00

    Not unless the write filter is disabled. Under normal operating conditions, all data is saved in RAM. When the thin client is turned off or rebooted, the data is lost.

  • spoolin01

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    Posted September 1st, 2015 11:00

    Ah, that was a mistaken impression I had from awhile back.  I checked a Z90DE7 and indeed there don't appear to be any browser - or other 'user data' type items - in the exclusion list.

    However, it looks like things may have changed for Windows 8 and 10.  I was just looking at the release notes for WE8S for another issue, and came across this:

    "FBWF exclusions


    \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\

    \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low\

    \Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\

    \Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low

    \Users\User\AppData\LocalLow

    \Users\Administrator\AppData\LocalLow

    Temporary Internet files, cache, history locations are set to C: instead of Z: to support Metro IE & IE 10 completely."