Hello,

We use Windows Steady State for our XP OPACs. 

All other machines have been upgraded to Windows 7 and use the Faronics suite (Deep Freeze, Anti-Executable, Anti-Virus) to achieve a clean reboot. When I investigated moving away from Steady State (as it is not supported in Windows 7) I did find an engineer who essentially rewrote Steady State for the newer OS.

I'm not seeing that know (that was shortly after Windows 7 launches, so quite awhile in IT terms).

James Gilbert, BS, MLIS
Systems Librarian
Whitehall Township Public Library
3700 Mechanicsville Road
Whitehall, PA 18052
610-432-4339 ext: 203

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Francis Kayiwa
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Particular (Peculiar?) Kiosk Solution Sought

On 08/14/2014 11:35 AM, Chris Amorosi wrote:
> Hopefully someone can help me here!
>
> I have an express 15 minute kiosk intended for quick printing or email 
> checks.  When a user comes up to the station, they have to press a 
> button on screen to say they read/agree to the user policies of the 
> library before using the station.  Every 5 minutes and on the last 
> minute they are warned about how much time they have left.  At the end 
> of 15 minutes, everything is closed, the desktop is wiped, and they're 
> booted off.  While a user (and abuser) could simply wait a moment as 
> the station resets and log back on, usually the inconvenience of 
> losing all their work every 15 minutes is enough to dissuade them from doing so.
>
> We currently have a program that works like this, but it will only run 
> on XP.  I'd like to update the station to 7, so I need a replacement.  
> Remote access would be a plus, but it's not necessary.
>
> I'm not worried about keeping the station secure because we have Deep 
> Freeze.  All I'm looking for is that timer functionality.


I haven't "done Windows" in a while.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725745.aspx

We solved this using a 15 minute scheduled task triggered by the logon that would execute shutdown.exe

A sign on the machine saying it is shutting down in 15 will be useful. 
Otherwise you can settle for reasonably priced Kiosk mode software that does all of this.


Cheers,

./fxk




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