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Disable Specific Keys in IE 6

Hello, I need to disable specific keys (Ctrl and Backspace) in Internet Explorer 6. Is there a registry hack to do this. It has to be IE6. Thanks. Long Edit: @apandit: Whoops. I need to more specific about the backspace thing. When I say disable backspace, I mean disable the ability for Backspace to mimic the Back browser button...

Approve USB device after insertion

On Windows, is there any way to programatically approve a USB device after insertion, if it is of a certain type (say Removable Drive) allow its use, otherwise not? Also not to allow running of drivers, only allow usage of the device in an approved way? I.E. We want to allow the insertion of USB drives, but not have to worry about viru...

Which Graphical Subsystem for Touchscreen Kiosk Development

I'm starting a hobby project in which I would like to have a graphical, touchscreen interface for interacting with a kiosk-like device running on top of Windows XP Embedded. For development of a rich UI experience, I was considering using WPF. However, a number of demonstration videos that I have come across have used Silverlight, whil...

Touchscreen-Oriented Website Development Recommendations for Non-Microsoft Platform

We are currently designing a website that will be accessed from kiosks in a museum. Users will need to be able to browse through a number of different web pages that will currently contain static HTML content as well as go through various interactive presentations that will be based on flash and run in flash player. Users may need to inp...

Best way to make a newsletter slideshow kiosk for the office?

So, I've been tasked with making a kiosk for the office for showing statistics about our SCRUM progress, build server status, rentability and so forth. It should ideally run a slideshow with bunch of different pages, some of them showing text, some showing graphs and so on. What is the best approach for this? I first thought of powerpo...

Which touchscreens do you prefer for flash kiosk work?

Our company does a lot of flash work and occasionally offline / kiosk applications. I'd like to recommend a touchscreen to our client but don't know enough about the market. Anyone have any good experiences with any particular model of touchscreen? Thanks! ...

View Reporting Services Reports as a Different AD User

I have some "kiosks" that run under machine specific AD accounts that I would like to deploy reports on. For security reasons I need to verify individual user credentials before allowing access to the reports. Is there a way to do this with reporting services?We are running Reporting Services 2005, but will be upgrading fairly soon. ...

Can Flash or Silverlight be used for kiosk applications? How?

My experience is only with Flash and I'm afraid I have not kept up to date. The last time I tried this I was vaguely remember having a problem with Flash where it would slowly eat memory until eventually the OS locked up. That was a couple of years ago and maybe it wasn't due to Flash. Are there issues with using Flash or Silverlight ...

.NET Kiosk On-Screen Keyboard

I've developed a rather simple OSK for our kiosk application. It works by opening on the onfocus events fired by textboxes in our .net app. The problem is, we're trying to integrate with a single sign-on service which means we'll be opening a webbrowser control to handle the third party authentication. Since the textboxes for the SSO pag...

How to access kiosk id reader data from PHP based Web Application

Has anyone done something like this? How? I'm just starting a project that will have a browser based web application (using PHP and possibly an Ajax framework like Dojo or JQuery) that is presented to the user from within a kiosk unit. It's basically a survey in a browser but will need to id the user via the id card swipe reader on the ...

Hide the taskbar using c#

Hi, i am running windows Xp 64 bit. i want to hide the taskbar when i run my application. I tried codes by searching in google. In all those, it hides the task bar. But the problem is, when i open a notepad and maximize it, it is not actually into full screen. Because the space where task bar was there is still blocked with empty space. ...

How do I disable system pop-ups in Windows CE 6?

What do I have to do to disable all system pop-ups in WinCE 6 R2? I read Mike Hall's post about Kiosk mode [1] but that's not going to work for us because we still want the standard graphical Explorer shell. We plan on hiding the taskbar and start menu and clearing icons off the desktop but need an easy way to make sure that no pop-ups...

WPF in kiosk mode - taskbar troubles

I'm trying to build an application that needs to lock down access to the PC while it is running. I need to make the app run topmost, in full screen mode, and ensure that alt-tabbing doesn't allow access to other apps or the taskbar. So far I have set TopMost = true, WindowStyle = WindowStyle.None and WindowState = WindowState.Maximized...

How to write a Kiosk application in Windows that has control from startup?

I'm not sure if this is technically a Kiosk, but it's basically the same idea. I have a program that runs full screen all the time from boot to shutdown to control a machine that the computer is hooked to. Right now I just have a shortcut to the exe in the Startup folder so it starts when the system boots up and logs in. Is there any be...

How to capture all the screen with my application just like kiosk mode in c#?

I want to make the screen fill with my application just like kiosk mode. How can I do it using c#? i need this for desktop application ...

need help in choosing a pc to run my flash-kiosk-app on - what cpu factors affect flash performance?

hey all i am a self-taught actionscript 3 programmer and i have written a gaming-app to run on an all-in-one touchscreen pc in fullscreen kiosk mode. this project is a "garage business" meaning i learn as i go and i dont have any of the resources of a full company ("only" a great idea and a great app). my question regards flash/air cpu...

Prevent webkit HTML from going fullscreen

Hello, im working on a flex / air kiosk application, i want to be able to ALWAYS show a banner in one portion of my screen, in the other portion i have an air html component so the user can browse the web. The problem is this: if a user goes to youtube.com he will be able to go fullscreen and the video will prevent my "allways visible" ...

How to create kiosk-mode iPhone app?

Hi, I'd like to run an app in the KIOSK mode, so that it auto-starts after starting the device re-starts after app crash/power loss/etc. Any ideas how to do this on a [probably jailbroken?] iPhone? ...

Kiosk software guidance.

I need to develop a kiosk system. The only payment option will be a credit card/debit card. The kiosk need to be networked with another PC. For example, if a customer orders something on the kiosk, it needs to be sent to a another pc where a store employee can see what was ordered. Here are my following solutions: OPTION 1) web based a...

SDKs for kiosk software development

All, What kiosk SDKs are available? Are there any? I am looking for ones that saves development time by having built in API integration with hardware (i.e. credit card readers, printers) and network capability (to send data to web app). Also, I would like built in features that check to see if the kiosk has crashed and timers which can ...