Questions tagged [kiosk]
Kiosk is a mode an application can enter to lock down the user's ability to interact with specific parts of the interface.
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Disable Google Chrome session restore functionality [duplicate]
Chrome offers to restore the last session when it did not shutdown properly (power outage, Chrome crashed, ...).
How do I disable that? (Setting or command line switch)
I'm using a batch file that ...
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Running latest Chrome for Windows in kiosk mode
I've tried these instructions to run Chrome in kiosk mode:
Open up Chrome's settings.
Under "Users" click "Add new user."
Give the new profile a name and picture. Make sure "Create a desktop ...
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Disable Chrome's page translation on the commandline
I build a dual monitor dashboard with Google Chrome (V. 60.0.3112.78) under CentOS 7. Everything is working with the exception that I am not able to disable Chrome's translation feature via the ...
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How to make Chrome open in kiosk mode even if there's already another instance running?
I tried
chrome url --kiosk
but it works only when there's no instance running. I also tried
chrome url --kiosk --new-window
but it doesn't solve my problem neither.
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Locking down a Windows 7 PC to just a browser
I have been tasked with building several PCs to act as secure kiosks that allow users to view and use an intranet site at my company.
Our LP staff will cover physical security, so that is not a ...
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How to run chrome in app mode without window frame?
I would like to run chrome in app mode without using a windows frame and the title bar?
At the moment I start chrome in this way: chrome.exe --app=http://url.com --app-shell-host-windows-bounds. That ...
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How to set Google Chrome to automatically open up and in full screen
I have Dell Windows tablet (I think the model is the Venue 11 Pro) and when the tablet is turned on I want it to automatically open a specific web page (lets say cnn.com for example) using Google ...
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How to totally remove the Windows 10 login screen?
I'd like to have the most "Unbranded boot" as possible on Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise.
I have read a few similar questions and I have already done the following steps:
Enabled user Auto ...
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How can I launch Chrome in kiosk mode in a Windows 8.1 kiosk (assigned access) account?
We are trying to set up a web application in a kiosk mode using Chrome in Windows 8.1. I have been able to create an "assigned access" account (the new Windows 8.1 kiosk feature) that will log in and ...
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How can I block access to local files from Internet Explorer?
I want to create a kiosk station that will allow web browsing, but won't allow access to local files.
How can I go about doing this?
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Mac OSX: start Google Chrome in kiosk mode - error?
I am trying to load Google Chrome in kiosk mode on OSX using the answer that was given here Start Google Chrome on Mac with command line switches
But, when I run it from the terminal, it spits out ...
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How do you replace the logon shell with iexplore?
This is related to my previous question. Apparently I didn't know what I thought I knew..
Like said in my last post, I am looking to make a kiosk where when it starts up, it goes straight into ...
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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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Touch Keyboard on Windows 10 Logon Screen
We are using Windows 10 on a kiosk system. Normally, the user interacts with the system via touch-screen, but a keyboard is available if required.
We have enabled "Automatically show the touch ...
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Is it possible to lockdown a Microsoft Surface RT in kiosk mode?
I am wondering if it is possible to lock-down a Microsoft Surface RT tablet by allowing one application to always be in the foreground and restricting users from doing anything else.
Is it possible ...
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Fullscreen chromium through dual/multiple displays
I have a LUBUNTU 16.04 system, and I've been trying to make chromium browser go fullscreen on a dual display setup without success. It just goes fullscreen on a single display.
It must also be done ...
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Any way to disable ctrl-alt-delete in windows 8.1 “assigned access” (kiosk) mode?
We are evaluating using the Windows 8.1 "assigned access" mode to set up a kiosk application for a building lobby. I've got the RTM running on a virtual machine and am shocked to discover that, while ...
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Windows 8 - Real Kiosk mode
I am trying to lockdown computers running windows 8.1 Enterprise/Standard with a touch screen attached to it.
What I'm trying to achieve
Have a kiosk user with only access to a web browser. The web ...
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How to use a "non-windows store" app in assigned access on windows 8.1
I have a software program for my business that I need to run in kiosk mode or "Assigned access". The program I want to use does not come up as an option when I select the program I want to use in ...
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How to Disable Right-Click in Windows XP / Windows 7?
What is the least invasive way (read: least amount of modification to the OS; or least invasive software or utility) to disable the right-click ability of a pointing device in Windows XP and/or ...
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Launching Google Chrome/Opera in Kiosk Mode
I am trying to create a desktop shortcut to launch Chrome or Opera in Kiosk Mode and to a specific URL. I've tried adjusting the target to include /KioskMode after chrome.exe.
Does anyone know the ...
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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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Stuck in kiosk mode
I created a kiosk user on my corporate laptop as an experiment to see how it would run, and to see if I can use a dedicated computer to run an app at my job. There are a lot of online guides and I ...
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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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Where can I find a technical description of Chromium's "kiosk mode"?
I am trying to evaluate if Chromium's "kiosk mode", enabled via command-line argument, is suitable for my purposes.
Where can I find an accurate technical description of the effect of the --kiosk ...
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Disable Google Chrome Context Menu
Ok, we are setting up a computer lab for students. They will be only using one website, and they like to break the computers, go to game sites, download music, etc, every chance possible. We are ...
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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 can I start up Windows without explorer loading up?
What I'm looking to do is to start it up, then have it load IE in kiosk mode.
The IE part is easy, (-k) but I'm looking to find out how I can get the computer to start up without explorer.
I've ...
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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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Free Wi-Fi multi-user management software [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Any free software for creating paid WIFI hotspot?
With timelimit and a key for each user? Is there such a thing out there? Kinda like an internet kiosk, but for Wi-Fi.
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Iexplorer.exe as Custom User Interface - Restart if closed?
I'm currently configuring a Kiosk machine using "IExplore.exe -K" as a replacement shell, everything is working fine.
Unfortunately you can still kill the IExplore.exe session by hitting Alt-F4. ...
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Single GUI Application raspberrypi
So I want to develop a software that will take over my raspberry pi computer, or just for simplicity's sake, any computer running a lightweight linux OS, to serve a single function. Run a Ruby/Java or ...
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Allow Changes to a Folder with Disk Protection Enabled - Windows SteadyState
I've been using Windows SteadyState to keep my computers locked down in an office environment. The tools my users need to do their jobs are available using a browser. I've locked the machines down ...
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Can I get Linux into 'Party/Kiosk-Mode' like status?
I want to create a linux user account (in ubuntu or debian or whatever release is more suitable for this) which cannot do anything but just view a pre-determined web page. Kind of Kiosk style so that ...
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Capture console.log to a file?
I'm running a Chrome kiosk and want to retain and aggregate logs. The Chrome docs say that you can use --enable-logging --v=1 and it will log the to the chrome_debug.log file. Doing this creates a log,...
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Internet explorer missing from assigned access list
I'm attempting to use windows 8.1 assigned access mode to create a kiosk displaying an interactive website. The problem I'm coming up against is that there are no browsers is the list of available ...
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Kiosk mode and auto login and single application mode in CentOS
We have a machine running CentOS 7, GDM, KDE 11 (installed from CentOS DVD)
We have been struggling a few days with this issue, tried to search for a solution but unfortunately most of the material'...
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Windows 10 - how to disable windows auto update, while using deepfreeze?
We use deepfreeze, which is a software for cybercafe, public locations to allow the user to use the PC but on reboot it clean everything and goes back to our old stable setup.
Now that windows 10 ...
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Internet kiosk for motel lobby?
I'm looking to set up a simple internet kiosk in the lobby of a motel. For security, I think it's best if I set up a simple Linux distribution whose only user-accessible program is a browser.
Would ...
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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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Are there guides or even custom Linux distributions available for dedicated "slideshow" PCs? [closed]
First of all, I'm not entirely sure what the term is for a computer that only stands around and shows pictures, but I'm sure you've all encountered them at work, in stores and so on. Usually we notice ...
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Running a computer in kiosk mode for a custom Linux C++ program
I want to create a C++ application that is to run on some Linux platform on a specific laptop computer. I do however not want the users of this laptop to use any other applications/system features ...
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OnScreen keyboard in Windows 10 IE kiosk mode
What we have:
Windows 10 Pro amd64 1607 all updates installed
for one user registry key HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\shell changed to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\...
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"chrome --kiosk" on OS X Lion or other kiosk solutions
How can I switch Google Chrome to work in kiosk mode on OS X Lion?
I've tried:
open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app http://www.google.com`
from the terminal without luck.
My goal is to obtain a ...
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How to skip shutdown of public linux (debain based) system?
I am running a program on a public computer and I want to avoid that other people may shut down it.
I do have the root password.
How to skip the shutdown using some commands?
I have zero idea of ...
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Windows 8.1 kiosk (assigned access) with IE in kiosk mode iexplore.exe -k
I am using windows 8.1 "assigned access" (kiosk mode) - and the selected app is Internet Explorer.
Everything works as is, so when the kiosk user boots up, IE opens in metro style. All very nice, ...
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Disable Escape key in linux?
Im working with a kiosk software, and it can easly be exited with the escape key.
Theres no way to disable this behaviour, why I would want to simply disable the escape key completely.
I tried with ...
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What's the best way to set up kiosk mode for XP?
Is it possible to lock down and XP machine for kiosk only for non-admins? How? At the moment I need Internet only? Also, is it possible to run Kiosk more for more than just Internet, maybe one or ...
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Firefox: how do I configure kiosk mode?
Mozilla's website states:
Numerous features of the kiosk mode are configurable through policy or
command line parameters when launching the browser.
However, other than a single example to run kiosk ...
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Block new tabs on Chrome kiosk mode
I am currently developping a webapp using Powerapps for a company as an intern. The application is doing great but still has a big security issue with it... external links.
As the title implies, I'm ...
