Comments on: Internet Explorer 7’s Kiosk Mode

By: Cpat

Cpat — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:31:14 +0000

“I am using Mozilla as web Browser in my windows application, I want to set proxy configuration for that browser. Please let me know the configuration codings”

FAIL!

By: Balakrishnan.S

Balakrishnan.S — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:44:03 +0000

I am using Mozilla as web Browser in my windows application, I want to set proxy configuration for that browser. Please let me know the configuration codings

Thanks
Balakrishnan

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:15:08 +0000

There is a setting in the User Configuration > administrative templates section. I can’t remember its exact location though. It is called “Custom User Interface”. Enable it and have it point to “c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -k.

We have it set up on our domain and even are able to point it to a unique intranet page for users to look up court documents. Works like a charm and really took a bunch of the leg work out of locking down our public computers. Only problem is they can still use Alt F4.

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:31:52 +0000

Hi! Can i have silent print feature i.e. when i print from internet explore, it must suppress the print dialog box and directly print the content to the printer. Silent Printing feature is available in firefox, how it is possible in windows internet explore 7.

By: Treatmefair

Treatmefair — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:33:00 +0000

use Microsoft SteadyState, Free and it does everything to lock down PC’s

By: Scott W. Cook

Scott W. Cook — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:19:42 +0000

Saman,

Thanks for the great article. I was having some trouble keeping one of my public computers from being used for “non-productive” work on second shift. You’re kiosk mode article fixed that!

I have an additional suggestion for you if you are interested.

I really wanted to lockdown Internet Explorer so that the user could only use one particular website. For my example lets call that website “web.app.com”.

1.) In IE go to tools and set your homepage to be “http://web.app.com”
2.) open a DOS prompt and ping web.app.com
3.) open c:\windows\system32\drivers\hosts file in notepad and enter the IP address you got in step 2 then hit tab and enter web.app.com
3.) Change your default DNS server to be 127.0.0.1
4.) Lastly, follow your directions for setting up the PC to run in kiosk mode.

So, even if the user hits Alt-F4 they still cant go anywhere execept web.app.com.

Thanks again for your article.

By: Jonny Fullpint

Jonny Fullpint — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:18:47 +0000

Saman, it was no problem to go to the machine and fix the zoom problem. i ended up doing a reg hack to disable the right click feature in ie.

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:56:47 +0000

Not sure yet - in the mean time, can you just remote in from another computer and fix the zoom problem?

By: Jonny Fullpint

Jonny Fullpint — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:13:40 +0000

i am running kiosk mode in a gallery where they keyboard is locked away and only the mouse is available. so of course some wise acre has to come in and use the right click to zoom in on the page or view source. its just really annoying to have to run down and adjust it once or twice a day. is there a way to disable right click?

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:26:19 +0000

Care to elaborate?

By: moti

moti — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:53:39 +0000

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:48:46 +0000

If any of you have kiosks running on a windows Domain, as ours are. then you can eaisly lock down the operating system using group policy in active directory.

By: Jay Matsumoto

Jay Matsumoto — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:03:03 +0000

To solve a lot of the problems, I’d suggest replacing your shell. Instead of using the standard Windows Shell, use internet explorer as your shell and launch it in “kiosk” mode. Create a simple html menu with links to the allowed pages. You’ll also want to create a .rat file which limits access to only the pages you want to allow. BTW, allowing access to search engines is not usually a good idea. You’ll also want prevent the opening of new windows. The reason for this is, when a new window is opened in IE, it is no longer in Kiosk mode. Not sure about IE 7, though…If Microsoft made it so that any new windows were opened in Kiosk mode, life would be a lot more simple. You’ll also probably want to disable the windows key. You want to change the way people log on so that they have to hit “Ctrl-Alt-Del” to log in. You should also disable most of the functions accessed by hitting “Ctrl-Alt-Del”, like “Lock Computer”, “Change Password” and “Task Manager”. You might even want to disable “Log Off”. I’ve only touched on the subject here. There are a lot of security holes that might need to be patched.

Can anyone tell me if Firefox can be used as a shell?

Also, do new windows opened in Firefox open in Kiosk mode?

By: TYson

TYson — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:44:51 +0000

is there a way to change websites (other than clicking links) on IE kiosk mode

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:41:27 +0000

Nope, not in IE….

But you can in Firefox!

By: barry owen

barry owen — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:59:59 +0000

Hi,

Can you configure Kiosk Mode to display only some buttons - specifically Home, Back, Forward and Refresh?

I can do this in Opera but am having issues with cookies in a specific application (my login/change user in the application does not effectively Log the old user off.

TIA,

Barry

By: Imation

Imation — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:29:28 +0000

Hi,
Is it possible to disable alt+f4 ?
Other question: when i run iexplore -k from a logon .bat script i still have the three small butons on the right to close/reduce/restaure teh window. Allthough the tite bar is absent.
Any idea where they come from?

By: Saman Sadeghi

Saman Sadeghi — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:19:43 +0000

What about it?

Are you referring to the post before yours or the shortcoming of this trick?

By: me

me — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:45:47 +0000

uhhh… what about alt+f4?

By: Jawad Haider

Jawad Haider — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:38:21 +0000

Hello

I wanna know how to make kiosk IE web page in origional position(normal IE look like)

Your reply will be highly appreciated

Thanks
Jawad Haider