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#How to alt f4 on a chromebook windows 8
#How to alt f4 on a chromebook windows 7

Hello,I am IT Admin for a startup that is fully remote. How do you manage repairs for remote staff? Networking.Hello, I am IT director for a medium sized company (100 PC) based in Canada and starting 2 years ago like many corporations, we gone from a 100% local business to 75% remote employee working from home from anywhere in Canada and even worldwide (I have emp. Remotely lockdown/wipe corporate computer when employee terminates? Security.

#How to alt f4 on a chromebook windows 8

Microsoft/Hotmail account) as user on Windows 8 and up, for security against more sophisticated attacks.

#How to alt f4 on a chromebook windows 7

Recommend the client block access to any USB ports if on Windows 7 or less, or use a validated web-based account (e.g. Have that macro automatically log out of Windows, returning to the log-in screen which can't be passed without a password. If you want to get fancy, set another macro to monitor whether the media player has closed more than five times in a twenty minute period, which would indicate either instability or excessive tampering. Now when the kids press the keys to exit the player, it will return to a black screen for a few seconds, then show the media player again. Except, whoops, there's a keyboard shortcut to exit the program, and those darn kids keep exiting to a black screen leaving other guests unable to use the system.īind an EventGhost macro to the same keyboard combination, set to wait a number of seconds (allowing the player to close), and then launch the media player again.

#How to alt f4 on a chromebook software

The server software is unreliable and certain settings have to be managed locally, so you create a standard user with a group policy lock-down and make the media player load in place of explorer.exe as the shell, in fullscreen mode. Local kids keep exiting the media player and getting on the internet. Despite good Linux options, they purchased a Windows server and the head librarian won't let anyone wipe it for a different solution. Limited space / budget, favoring one computer for both server and playback. So you guys branched off into a solution slightly different from what the OP asked about, but it suited the OP's specific needs better so that makes sense.īut, I wouldn't dismiss the idea of a Windows-based kiosk completely, as I can imagine a number of use cases in which it would be preferred over a Linux-based or other system-wide solution. Sorry to comment on an old thread, but I landed here, am fascinated, and wanted to contribute to the conversation, if for nothing else than posterity-for the next person who lands here. Is it possible to do this with the hosts file on a linux based OS like Webconverger? I know that I can enter in IP addresses. I have a list of domain names that need to be whitelisted (I do NOT have a list of IP addresses and getting a list of IP addresses is a serious pain), while blocking everything else.

#How to alt f4 on a chromebook how to

The issue that I am having now is how to use a white list while using one of the suggested software. Jim, thank you this looks really promising. Do a search for key disabling utility and take out the F4 key or the Alt key. Lots of suggestions in the other threads.Įdit - I used to have a little utility that would disable keys or combinations, don't remember the name but used it quite a bit when I used Windows. Done a couple of these on Spiceworks:Ī Linux Kiosk machine is simpler and safer. It is unlikely that many people will use alt-f4 on them, but in the case that it does happen, I would like Chrome to restart. The only thing now is that if someone does an alt-f4, the program closes and you're left with a black screen.

#How to alt f4 on a chromebook full

So the computer starts up, auto logs into that account, and instead of the normal Windows desktop, I get Chrome running in full screen kiosk mode, and our public access catalog is loaded.

Lock down Task Manager and every other setting under the sun and moon using a GPO for that account so that it is not possible for patrons to do much else.Īll of the above works great.

Created a new string value in registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon called Shell with a link to the Google Chrome shortcut that I want to use (I set it up with the correct homepage so it automatically loads) with the -kiosk switch to make it run in full screen kiosk mode.

Used the auto logon registry keys to make it automatically log on to the selected user account.

Basically just white listed the pages I want to be accessible.

Using a proxy server to block all internet access except for the public access catalog pages on the website.

Here's an overview of what I have done so far, and what I am trying to accomplish: Alright guys and gals, so I have been experimenting on a Windows Vista computer trying to create a new Kiosk for our public library.