Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6

Hi RZarr,

There is a difference between full screen and kiosk mode. F11 = toggle full
screen mode (not the same as maximize the browser window = Alt+m)

To run IE in Kiosk mode you need to add the command line parameter -k to
your IE desktop shortcut.

If you are securing your server and only want to allow access via the
browser you should look at using Group Policy settings or try the MS Shared
Computer Toolkit to only allow acces via the browser in Kiosk mode.

Regards.
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On Jul 10, 7:50 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Again,

Interestingly, you can display an explorer bar or the search pane in your
kiosk window. First open a normal instance of IE and select the Explorer
Bar
from the View>Explorer Bar menu. Close the browser to save the changes.
Open
IE in kiosk mode...
Ofcoarse this does not work for toolbars.

This may be an application where you can place your site navigation menu
in
a side bar an utilize the horizontal screen space of wide screen
displays.

Your question led me to some interesting experimentation...

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With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem
for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status
bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing
the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS
settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says
in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire
application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find
a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a
dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas
on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?- Hide
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I have tried all the standard things. The first thing I tried was the
VIEW - STATUS BAR to remove it from normal view. Now when I press F11
and go to FULL SCREEN mode the status bar reapears on the bottom.
Nothing I have tried - even edits to the registry to turn off the
LOCKDOWN on the system (released in SP2) does not make it go away even
though Microsoft claims it will. This is a real problem for my
application and may require moving to a new non-microsoft browser (and
re-writing my javascript and ASPs) if this also happens in IE7....



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