2012年7月21日星期六

Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has inherent options for kiosk use

Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has inherent options for kiosk use. By starting IE with the kiosk parameters ("-k") and your kiosk website address (ie: "iexplorer -k "), it will run with an abbreviated user interface geared toward kiosk usage. In other words, many of the standard features of Internet Explorer typically not needed under a kiosk setting such as the Address bar, Search bar, File Menu, navigation options, favorites,windows 7 home premium activation key, command options, etc., are hidden. In this mode, your kiosk website is self contained and will be responsible for its own navigation paths.


Internet Explorer Kiosk Mode is great for those that need to run their website in a kiosk environment, particularly when using a touch screen only (no keyboard) setup. However, for many,Windows 7 Ultimate Product Key, kiosk mode by itself falls short due to the mode's lacking capability to control keyboard shortcuts. Many kiosk implementations require a keyboard and/or mouse for tasks like data entry. Unless a costly special-purpose keyboard is obtained, the kiosk setup would use a standard keyboard, thus opening itself up to undesired keystroke access. With a standard keyboard, the user will be able to close the browser ("ALT-F4"), print ("CTRL-P"), access the Open dialog ("CTRL-O") to open other websites and run programs,Windows 7 Keygen, open new Tab windows ("CTRL-T"), have a multitude of options available from the Right-click Menu, and will have options available to the Windows Desktop such as the Windows Key and CTRL-ALT-DELETE. In addition, even if navigation and data entry are accomplished using a touch screen or a custom keyboard, Kiosk Mode may be too restrictive. Kiosk administrators may want to allow the user to have some features Kiosk Mode hides, such as navigation buttons and Favorites.

To resolve the shortcomings of Internet Explorer Kiosk Mode, using the Microsoft Group Policy Editor (GPE) is an option. With Group Policy Editor, you can limit the capabilities of both the Windows environment and IE. The Group Policy Editor, however, is relatively complex and is geared toward businesses trying to control employee access to the array of operating system features. In addition, the Group Policy Editor is not available on less expensive versions of Windows, such as Windows 7 Home premium.

An alternative to the Windows Group Policy Editor is a product by Inteset, LLC. This is a simple, Windows 7-compatible companion application called Secure Lockdown v2 - Internet Explorer Edition. Secure Lockdown removes the Windows Desktop and its multitude of undesirable keystrokes from the equation and runs Internet Explorer as the exclusive application. With Secure Lockdown, you can use standard, inexpensive keyboard peripherals without the worry. In addition, Secure Lockdown allows you to customize the Internet Explorer interface by removing undesired controls and leaving only the ones you need such as navigation buttons or tabs.

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