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Kiosk is a mode an application can enter to lock down the user's ability to interact with specific parts of the interface.

Kiosk mode or kiosk software is used to lock down the GUI for security and to prevent unauthorized functions. It can limit a user's interaction within an application or OS.

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Disable Google Chrome session restore functionality

Chrome offers to restore the last session when it did not shutdown properly (power outage, Chrome crashed, ...). How do I disable that? (Setting or command line switch) I'm using a batch file that starts (among other things) chrome in kiosk mode for…
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Running latest Chrome for Windows in kiosk mode

I've tried these instructions to run Chrome in kiosk mode: Open up Chrome's settings. Under "Users" click "Add new user." Give the new profile a name and picture. Make sure "Create a desktop shortcut for this user" is checked. Click…
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How to make Chrome open in kiosk mode even if there's already another instance running?

I tried chrome url --kiosk but it works only when there's no instance running. I also tried chrome url --kiosk --new-window but it doesn't solve my problem neither.
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Disable Chrome's page translation on the commandline

I build a dual monitor dashboard with Google Chrome (V. 60.0.3112.78) under CentOS 7. Everything is working with the exception that I am not able to disable Chrome's translation feature via the command line. I already start Chrome with…
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Locking down a Windows 7 PC to just a browser

I have been tasked with building several PCs to act as secure kiosks that allow users to view and use an intranet site at my company. Our LP staff will cover physical security, so that is not a concern. To prevent booting from a USB drive or…
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How to run chrome in app mode without window frame?

I would like to run chrome in app mode without using a windows frame and the title bar? At the moment I start chrome in this way: chrome.exe --app=http://url.com --app-shell-host-windows-bounds. That works but there is still the window frame with…
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How can I launch Chrome in kiosk mode in a Windows 8.1 kiosk (assigned access) account?

We are trying to set up a web application in a kiosk mode using Chrome in Windows 8.1. I have been able to create an "assigned access" account (the new Windows 8.1 kiosk feature) that will log in and lock the user into Chrome. This works quite…
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How to set Google Chrome to automatically open up and in full screen

I have Dell Windows tablet (I think the model is the Venue 11 Pro) and when the tablet is turned on I want it to automatically open a specific web page (lets say cnn.com for example) using Google Chrome, and also display full screen. Obviously it…
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How can I block access to local files from Internet Explorer?

I want to create a kiosk station that will allow web browsing, but won't allow access to local files. How can I go about doing this?
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How to disable Chrome kiosk mode?

I started Chrome in kiosk mode, like this: start chrome --kiosk "http://google.com" Now everytime I open Chrome it opens in kiosk mode and I can't find how to turn this off. I tried some commands at…
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Is it possible to lockdown a Microsoft Surface RT in kiosk mode?

I am wondering if it is possible to lock-down a Microsoft Surface RT tablet by allowing one application to always be in the foreground and restricting users from doing anything else. Is it possible to lock down a Surface RT in this manner?
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Mac OSX: start Google Chrome in kiosk mode - error?

I am trying to load Google Chrome in kiosk mode on OSX using the answer that was given here Start Google Chrome on Mac with command line switches But, when I run it from the terminal, it spits out a bunch of text and then opens up Google Chrome…
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Touch Keyboard on Windows 10 Logon Screen

We are using Windows 10 on a kiosk system. Normally, the user interacts with the system via touch-screen, but a keyboard is available if required. We have enabled "Automatically show the touch keyboard in windowed apps when there's no keyboard…
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Fullscreen chromium through dual/multiple displays

I have a LUBUNTU 16.04 system, and I've been trying to make chromium browser go fullscreen on a dual display setup without success. It just goes fullscreen on a single display. It must also be done automatically on startup. Can't login to manage…
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How do you replace the logon shell with iexplore?

This is related to my previous question. Apparently I didn't know what I thought I knew.. Like said in my last post, I am looking to make a kiosk where when it starts up, it goes straight into iexplore without loading up explorer.exe. I set the…
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