Comments on: Configuring Your Own Kiosk Machine

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:42:03 +0000

How do I confiqure to use windows applications only? ie) PowerPoint slide shows and the like. I am setting up an “e-learning” station for use in house by staff. Great tutorial otherwise, thanks a lot.

By: Chen

Chen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:23:55 +0000

How to disable right-click option in a Flash site? Or if the kiosk is using Flash files as the interface? Thx !

By: Akash

Akash — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:34:23 +0000

Excellent!!! This is the project i am working now.But one thing i couldnt do is i was not able to remove the task bar by using registry.
I did same u have said in the tutorial but it didnt work.So is there any alternative.

By: Paul Kochie

Paul Kochie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:03:20 +0000

I set the shell to internet explorer and have a Guest account auto login.
I’m still working on it.. I need to disable ~~and and and and to disable IE password chching, but it is a work in progress.~~

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“Shell”=”C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe -k http://www.google.com”

“DefaultUserName”=”Your users account here”
“DefaultPassword”=”Your password here”
“AutoAdminLogon”=”1″

; If you want to bypass the automatic logon to log on as a different user,
; hold down the SHIFT key after you log off or after Windows XP restarts.
; Note that this procedure applies only to the first logon.
; To enforce this setting for future logoffs, the administrator must set
; the following registry key:
“ForceAutoLogon”=”1″

By: Mike Maguire

Mike Maguire — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:00:29 +0000

Sorry for the delay – I haven’t been getting e-mail for comments on this post. To return from kiosk mode you simply would need to delete the registry keys we created, remove the auto-login from windows, and reset the keys that we changed. This should take care of it. The rest would be just simply putting settings back the way they were before we changed them (screen saver, desktop icons, ect..)

By: Celsus

Celsus — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:55:29 +0000

Wonderful – just what I need for a future project.

Just one worry – same as Parmesh #2 I think

How do you UN-KIOSK-IFY your PC if it’s configured in tight non-tamper mode ???

By: Web Design Romania

Web Design Romania — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:10:48 +0000

You should configure your computers BIOS to prompt for a password upon entering and also ensure that your hard drive is set to the first boot priority.

By: parmesh

parmesh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:03:58 +0000

is it possible to use ” New Task ” from “Windows task manager” by using ” Cnt + Alt + Del “

By: Parmesh

Parmesh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:07:49 +0000

Hi
i have a few queries
1) can i use windows application insted of webapplication. if so how ?
2) how to come back from kiosk

pls clarify

Regards,
Parmesh

By: Provide

Provide — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:37:22 +0000

…or just use Microsoft’s SteadyState and reboot the computer if any software issues arise…