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Kiosk embedded computer: hide as much as possible before the app starts in Windows
What is the industry-standard solution for touchscreen "kiosk" embdedded computers (in public places) running Windows to hide things as much as possible when the machine boots, until the ...
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Switch any program to kiosk mode
Sometimes friends or even unknown people visit me and we are doing something on my computer. I often find myself in the situation when I want to leave the computer but I don't completely trust the ...
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How to disable select and copy contextmenu in Google Chrome kiosk mode?
I need to display an information website. The user should only be able to press buttons and use scrollbars through a touch screen.
The kiosk mode of Google Chrome fits this requirements pretty well.
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How to lockdown a computer for use in a public area?
So I live in an apartment complex with a few hundred people. There are two all-in-one windows 7 PCs in the lobby for residents to use. Oddly enough they keep mysteriously getting infected with viruses ...
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What services can I stop to keep system minimally running?
I've narrowed down Windows services to the following required:
Which of these services can I safely stop/disable to "dummify" Windows 7 where basic network connectivity and remote desktop still work?
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How to lock "full screen mode" a program on Windows 7?
When I say "Full screen mode" I mean without any borders and with no option to maximize/minimize with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts.
I want to make a "kiosk windows 7" with a program that is ...
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How to set up limited access remote control to a specific program?
I have a certain program running on a Windows 7 PC and I want a group of people to be able to access it and use the program remotely.
However, these remote users shouldn't have any other permissions (...
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How to disable Chrome kiosk mode?
I started Chrome in kiosk mode, like this:
start chrome --kiosk "http://google.com"
Now everytime I open Chrome it opens in kiosk mode and I can't find how to turn this off.
I tried some commands ...
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Allowing Restricted Functionality on a Logged-Off or Locked Windows Computer
Is there some way in Windows 7 to allow restricted functionality - for example just a browser running - when the normal user has either locked their computer or has logged off.
The scenario I have in ...
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Shell replacement for kiosk environment with desktop icons
I have to deploy around 80 touch-screen terminals for my company.
We're going to run several Windows applications on those terminals and they'll be operated by touch input only. I basically want those ...
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Windows kiosk mode - Solution
I currently have a device running Windows 64-bit edition. I have 2 multi-touch displays attached to it. These multi-touch displays are recognized by windows as touch interfaces thus activating the ...
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IE9 Kiosk Mode scheduled task opens behind taskbar
I've set up a scheduled task in Windows 7 Pro to open up Internet Explorer 9 (x86 version) in kiosk mode. The scheduled task executes when a certain user logs in, and this user is logged in ...
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Multiple Monitors with Multiple Kiosks. How to run powerpoint on one and IE on the others
I have a setup with 4 monitors that all need to be running in kiosk mode.
3 of the monitors will be running IE and the fourth needs to be running a powerpoint presentation.
IE is easy - I've got a way ...
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Making Windows 7 On-Screen Keyboard popup more noticeable?
We are trying to deploy a self contained touch screen kiosk running Windows 7 and through much headache and hours of tweaking were able to lock it down rather well. The only remaining issue we are ...
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How to disable Alt+F4 and Alt+Tab functionality for Windows 7, to use it on Kiosk?
How do I disable Alt+F4 and Alt+Tab functionality for Windows 7? I would like to use it as a Kiosk.
Is this possible, with any software, tricks or registry hacks?
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Looking for a Software to harden Windows machines [closed]
I'm a network administrator of a small/medium network.
I'm looking for a software (Free or Not) which can harden Windows Computers (XP And Win7) for the propose of hardening standalone desktop ...
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C++ program to make linux Ubuntu clone windows partition?
I want to write code in Dev C++ so that when i execute in Ubuntu 8 , it clones my windows 7 from D: partition to its child partitions E:,F: ...
i have made my partitions of equal sizes and i have ...
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Best kiosk/access control software? [closed]
My kids have been messing around with my wife's computer. Changing icon file names, removing icons, duplicating icons, removing widgets, deleting bookmarks, etc.
I can't seem to find some sort of ...
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