[2] Alterations by end users are primarily changes to system settings, installing or uninstalling of software or applications, enabling or disabling specific functionalities, and so on.
The automatic alterations include cookies, add-ons and browser extensions, and several types of temporary files that often download in the background during an online session.
[5] During events of system malfunction or failure, it takes a considerably longer time to troubleshoot the issue using conventional practices like resetting or re-imaging.
[8] Initially named Shared Computer Toolkit,[9] Windows SteadyState[10] is a software helps reboot and restore solution offered by Microsoft.
[13] Deep Freeze uses patented technology[14][15][16][17] and redirects information being written to the hard drive or partition to an allocation table, leaving the original data intact.
Extending the functionalities of the reboot to restore technology,[18] the software has the provision of ThawSpaces or Thawed Partitions for permanently saving user-generated data without altering the baseline configuration.
When enabled, the software automatically creates Restore Points[23] at regular intervals and before every major instance of configuration alteration like driver update or new application installation.