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 To: [log in to unmask] 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 -- Bank error in your favor. Collect $200.