Kiosk Mode for IE6 rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com 10.07.2007 18:15:08 With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 "Rob ^_^" <iecustomizer[ at ]hotmail.com> 10.07.2007 23:36:03 Hi RZARR, My test plan, WinXP Pro, SP2, IE7 all latest patches. Opening IE in kiosk mode the status bar initially does not appear, however subsequent navigation to a new location the bar appears.... Open IE in normal mode and select the View>Status Bar menu to hide the status bar. Close the browser to save the setting. Start IE in Kiosk mode.... status bar does not appear even after navigation. Let us know if that works on IE6. Regards. <rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode? >

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 "Rob ^_^" <iecustomizer[ at ]hotmail.com> 10.07.2007 23:50:43 Hi Again, Interestingly, you can display an explorer bar or the search pane in your kiosk window. First open a normal instance of IE and select the Explorer Bar from the View>Explorer Bar menu. Close the browser to save the changes. Open IE in kiosk mode... Ofcoarse this does not work for toolbars. This may be an application where you can place your site navigation menu in a side bar an utilize the horizontal screen space of wide screen displays. Your question led me to some interesting experimentation... Regards. <rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode? >

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com 11.07.2007 17:36:48 On Jul 10, 7:50 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi Again, > > Interestingly, you can display an explorer bar or the search pane in your > kiosk window. First open a normal instance of IE and select the Explorer Bar > from the View>Explorer Bar menu. Close the browser to save the changes. Open > IE in kiosk mode... > Ofcoarse this does not work for toolbars. > > This may be an application where you can place your site navigation menu in > a side bar an utilize the horizontal screen space of wide screen displays. > > Your question led me to some interesting experimentation... > > Regards.<r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem > > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status > > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing > > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS > > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says > > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire > > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find > > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a > > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas > > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I have tried all the standard things. The first thing I tried was the VIEW - STATUS BAR to remove it from normal view. Now when I press F11 and go to FULL SCREEN mode the status bar reapears on the bottom. Nothing I have tried - even edits to the registry to turn off the LOCKDOWN on the system (released in SP2) does not make it go away even though Microsoft claims it will. This is a real problem for my application and may require moving to a new non-microsoft browser (and re-writing my javascript and ASPs) if this also happens in IE7....

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 "Jon Kennedy" <jkennedy2[ at ]carolina.rr.com> 11.07.2007 23:20:21 Are you using this key to turn off the status bar? HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main Key - "Show_StatusBar" REG_SZ value - "No" -- Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE Charlotte, NC USA jkennedy2[ at ]carolina.rr.com <rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode? >

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 "Rob ^_^" <iecustomizer[ at ]hotmail.com> 12.07.2007 01:17:30 Hi RZarr, There is a difference between full screen and kiosk mode. F11 = toggle full screen mode (not the same as maximize the browser window = Alt+m) To run IE in Kiosk mode you need to add the command line parameter -k to your IE desktop shortcut. If you are securing your server and only want to allow access via the browser you should look at using Group Policy settings or try the MS Shared Computer Toolkit to only allow acces via the browser in Kiosk mode. Regards. <rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:1184175408.769064.323010[ at ]i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On Jul 10, 7:50 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Again, >> >> Interestingly, you can display an explorer bar or the search pane in your >> kiosk window. First open a normal instance of IE and select the Explorer >> Bar >> from the View>Explorer Bar menu. Close the browser to save the changes. >> Open >> IE in kiosk mode... >> Ofcoarse this does not work for toolbars. >> >> This may be an application where you can place your site navigation menu >> in >> a side bar an utilize the horizontal screen space of wide screen >> displays. >> >> Your question led me to some interesting experimentation... >> >> Regards.<r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem >> > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status >> > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing >> > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS >> > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says >> > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire >> > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find >> > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a >> > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas >> > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?- Hide >> > quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > I have tried all the standard things. The first thing I tried was the > VIEW - STATUS BAR to remove it from normal view. Now when I press F11 > and go to FULL SCREEN mode the status bar reapears on the bottom. > Nothing I have tried - even edits to the registry to turn off the > LOCKDOWN on the system (released in SP2) does not make it go away even > though Microsoft claims it will. This is a real problem for my > application and may require moving to a new non-microsoft browser (and > re-writing my javascript and ASPs) if this also happens in IE7.... >

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com 12.07.2007 17:47:38 On Jul 11, 7:20 pm, "Jon Kennedy" <jkenne...[ at ]carolina.rr.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Are you using this key to turn off the status bar? > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main > Key - "Show_StatusBar" > REG_SZ value - "No" > -- > > Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE > Charlotte, NC USA > jkenne...[ at ]carolina.rr.com > > <r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem > > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status > > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing > > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS > > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says > > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire > > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find > > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a > > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas > > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Yes, that was tried a long time ago... this used to work, but something has changed and now I can no longer get rid of the status bar. It is not shown ever in normal mode, but as soon as I enter FULL SCREEN mode, it reappears - VERY DISTRACTING to my application....

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com 12.07.2007 17:53:18 On Jul 11, 9:17 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi RZarr, > > There is a difference between full screen and kiosk mode. F11 = toggle full > screen mode (not the same as maximize the browser window = Alt+m) > > To run IE in Kiosk mode you need to add the command line parameter -k to > your IE desktop shortcut. > > If you are securing your server and only want to allow access via the > browser you should look at using Group Policy settings or try the MS Shared > Computer Toolkit to only allow acces via the browser in Kiosk mode. > > Regards.<r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:1184175408.769064.323010[ at ]i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Jul 10, 7:50 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Again, > > >> Interestingly, you can display an explorer bar or the search pane in your > >> kiosk window. First open a normal instance of IE and select the Explorer > >> Bar > >> from the View>Explorer Bar menu. Close the browser to save the changes. > >> Open > >> IE in kiosk mode... > >> Ofcoarse this does not work for toolbars. > > >> This may be an application where you can place your site navigation menu > >> in > >> a side bar an utilize the horizontal screen space of wide screen > >> displays. > > >> Your question led me to some interesting experimentation... > > >> Regards.<r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message > > >>news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > >> > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem > >> > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the status > >> > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing > >> > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS > >> > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft says > >> > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire > >> > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot find > >> > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than a > >> > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas > >> > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?- Hide > >> > quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > I have tried all the standard things. The first thing I tried was the > > VIEW - STATUS BAR to remove it from normal view. Now when I press F11 > > and go to FULL SCREEN mode the status bar reapears on the bottom. > > Nothing I have tried - even edits to the registry to turn off the > > LOCKDOWN on the system (released in SP2) does not make it go away even > > though Microsoft claims it will. This is a real problem for my > > application and may require moving to a new non-microsoft browser (and > > re-writing my javascript and ASPs) if this also happens in IE7....- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - The -k switch fixed the issue!!! Thanks! It's even better since it does not allow the navigation bar to be present! Does this also work with IE7?

Re: Kiosk Mode for IE6 "Rob ^_^" <iecustomizer[ at ]hotmail.com> 13.07.2007 00:10:07 Yep, my original test plan was on an XP/IE7 machine. Works like a charm doesn't it. I learnt something new answering your question. Regards. <rzarr[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:1184262798.107031.62390[ at ]o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On Jul 11, 9:17 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hi RZarr, >> >> There is a difference between full screen and kiosk mode. F11 = toggle >> full >> screen mode (not the same as maximize the browser window = Alt+m) >> >> To run IE in Kiosk mode you need to add the command line parameter -k to >> your IE desktop shortcut. >> >> If you are securing your server and only want to allow access via the >> browser you should look at using Group Policy settings or try the MS >> Shared >> Computer Toolkit to only allow acces via the browser in Kiosk mode. >> >> Regards.<r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1184175408.769064.323010[ at ]i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > On Jul 10, 7:50 pm, "Rob ^_^" <iecustomi...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Again, >> >> >> Interestingly, you can display an explorer bar or the search pane in >> >> your >> >> kiosk window. First open a normal instance of IE and select the >> >> Explorer >> >> Bar >> >> from the View>Explorer Bar menu. Close the browser to save the >> >> changes. >> >> Open >> >> IE in kiosk mode... >> >> Ofcoarse this does not work for toolbars. >> >> >> This may be an application where you can place your site navigation >> >> menu >> >> in >> >> a side bar an utilize the horizontal screen space of wide screen >> >> displays. >> >> >> Your question led me to some interesting experimentation... >> >> >> Regards.<r...[ at ]cfl.rr.com> wrote in message >> >> >>news:1184091308.707952.116280[ at ]g37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> > With the release of XP SP2, along with IE 6.0 SP2 there is a problem >> >> > for Kiosks based on a web server that require full screen - the >> >> > status >> >> > bar no longer can be turned off (as far as I can tell). By editing >> >> > the registry, you can turn off the FEATURES_WINDOW_RESTRICTIONS >> >> > settings, but the status bar remains (contrary to what Microsoft >> >> > says >> >> > in their documentation). I will need to re-write my entire >> >> > application to use Opera, Firefox or another browser if I cannot >> >> > find >> >> > a work around. The browser is never pointed to anything other than >> >> > a >> >> > dedicated server on an intranet (not public). Anyone have any ideas >> >> > on how to get rid of the status bar in FULL SCREEN (kiosk) mode?- >> >> > Hide >> >> > quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text - >> >> > I have tried all the standard things. The first thing I tried was the >> > VIEW - STATUS BAR to remove it from normal view. Now when I press F11 >> > and go to FULL SCREEN mode the status bar reapears on the bottom. >> > Nothing I have tried - even edits to the registry to turn off the >> > LOCKDOWN on the system (released in SP2) does not make it go away even >> > though Microsoft claims it will. This is a real problem for my >> > application and may require moving to a new non-microsoft browser (and >> > re-writing my javascript and ASPs) if this also happens in IE7....- >> > Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > The -k switch fixed the issue!!! Thanks! It's even better since it > does not allow the navigation bar to be present! Does this also work > with IE7? >