bfoster2000
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Noblesville, IN
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| [Other] Using XP Pro as a application specific machine.
We have work stations on our machine shop floor that we want to have boot up into an application and only run that. We do not want our employees to use them for any other reason just specifically one application. Any suggestions on how to make that happen? We would like the OS to be un-reachable.
-Bob |
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ChiTang
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Alhambra, CA
| said by bfoster2000  :We would like the OS to be un-reachable. How are you going to terminate the program and do any other system stuff?
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bfoster2000
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join:2003-01-02
Noblesville, IN | It would be nice if it could be setup to reboot on exit. Nothing else needs to be done but if something is needed I would login as administrator. There are several PC's out there all usingthe same login. |
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Joey B
Wee
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join:2001-02-16
Los Angeles, CA
1 edit | reply to bfoster2000
Sounds like you'd be good with replacing the windows shell with whatever program you'd like running and locking the pc down with group policy editor.
Start by replacing the shell for your local user
open regedit (start -> run -> type "regedit)
Expand down to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Create a new string value (Edit -> New -> String Value) and name it "shell". Double click this new string and paste the path to your application in here (ex. C:\Program Files\My App
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Disabling Ctrl Alt Del options
Run Group Policy Editor (Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc)
User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Ctrl+Alt+Del Options -> Set all to disabled
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Finally, you'll probably want to set this PC to auto login to this user account. How you do this will depend on whether the PC is part of a domain or part of a workgroup.
As an additional thought and totally optional... you may want to set your shell to a batch file that gives you a few options. I've done this before and it gives me some extra control. Such as restarting the program if the user inadvertently exits it. See my example batch below. If you choose to go this route, you'd simply replace the program path with the path of the batch file saved somewhere on the machine.
Bach file code
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chefmws
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join:2001-06-28
Duluth, GA
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I would use Microsoft's Windows SteadyState application.
You can configure it to keep the OS hidden, configure it to run a specific app, and only log in with a specific user.
You can still do RDP sessions into the pc for remote access to the admin account.
»www.microsoft.com/windows/produc···ult.mspx
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bfoster2000
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Noblesville, IN | reply to bfoster2000
This is excellent stuff. I thought I had heard the last out of this thread. I'll try these options out and report back.
Thanks guys,
Bob |
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