Sounds good -- if you have the option of picking your browser, then things get much easier. :-)
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, EN wrote: > Idan, > Thanks for the tip. It is pretty difficult. I think I found my solution > though, by mixing both GP and > Opera. Opera has a great Kiosk Mode, the only thing I can't disable at all > is the Ctrl+Alt+Del > combo which then brings up task manager, but of those I do want to allow Log > off and shutdown. > Everything else is locked down. > > Ernesto > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:50 AM > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Group Policy and Kiosk Mode > > > > Hi Ernesto, > > > > We do this as a part of our product (p-synch). > > > > It's not trivial to truly lock down. You have to intercept all manner of > > Windows events and send them to the bit bucket if you want to prevent the > > user from circumventing the (not very thorough) lockdown the IE's kiosk > > mode provides. If your users may also have Netscape, Mozilla or Opera > > then, things get even more complex. > > > > And that's just for Win2k. The lockdown processes are unique to each > > client OS, so if you want kiosks on Win9x, WinNT, Win2K and WinXP, you > have > > to have some customization all around. > > > > Bottom line: it can be made to work very effectively, but it takes a lot > of > > R&D to do right. > > > > Cheers, > > > > - Idan > > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, EN wrote: > > > > > Has anyone been successful in having a workstation act as JUST a Kiosk > using > > > ADs Group Policy? > > > By this I mean, all windows keys are disabled, no way of closing the IE > > > kiosk mode browser, > > > basically, a complete lock down with IE being the only thing running for > > > every user except for > > > an admin. > > > > > > I need to do this and so far, there are tons of ways around the IE Kiosk > > > mode. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Ernesto > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
