Netkiosk Standard configuration

Netkiosk Standard install help is also integrated inside Netkiosk Standard.

1. To access Admin Panel you can right click, click on the settings icons or press Alt+F4, F4 or Alt+N.

2. You will see the Netkiosk Admin Panel. On first install just click Login (You can set your admin username and password later)

3. Netkiosk runs with integrated kiosk lock down capabilities. You keep total control.

4. When you close Netkiosk your PC is instantly unlocked to show your Windows desktop, start menu and task bar.

Netkiosk Standard configuration – Admin Tab.

1) Set your master admin password in admin Panel as well as the basic admin username and password to secure admin panel. 2) When you hide the Admin icon you need to press Alt+F4, F4 or Alt+N to open Admin Panel. 3) Ignore the License / Subscription information as this is no longer needed.

Netkiosk Standard configuration- Settings Tab

1) Check the settings location to see where the settings file (user.config) is located. 2) You can store the settings file remotely and let Netkiosk download the file each time Netkiosk Starts. (ON or OFF) 3) You can export the settings file to the Netkiosk Standard installation folder. You can then copy the user.config file to a USB stick (Thumb

drive) and copy the file to the Netkiosk installation folder on another PC. 4) On the other PC simply click import settings to import the user.config file. 5) You can also check to see if there is a Netkiosk update available. If an update is available you can manually update Netkiosk.

6) You can restore Netkiosk to its default settings. Be careful as all your settings will be deleted.

Netkiosk Standard configuration- Security Tab.

1) Here you can disable or enable the Windows Ctrl+Alt+Del menu options.

2) You can also enabled or disable Netkiosk Auto Start

3) You can turn the Netkiosk Watcher program ON or OFF.

Netkiosk Standard configuration- Internet Access Tab.

1. Enter your home page in the textbox next to option 1.

2. You can enable the white list under option 2. 3. See below how to properly configure the white list settings 4. To block a website or keyword see the content filter Tab 5. Turn the idle time timer on or off. See below for the idle time timer instructions.

Netkiosk Standard configuration- Internet Access Tab. Netkiosk Standard white list configuration.

1. You can add up to 40 website names (domains) to allow. 2. Enter the domain name only. Do not enter http:// or www or .com etc. 3. Netkiosk uses domain white listing which means you do not need to enter the full website address.

For example: if your website is http://www.mycompany.com/somefolder/somepage.html 4. You ONLY enter the main domain which in the example is mycompany 5. Do not enter anything like .com etc or the white list will not work properly.

Websites are often redirected to country domains or different sub domain which makes content filtering very tricky. This is why Netkiosk only looks at the main domain name for the white list. If your domain has a Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or another subpage then make sure to add these to the white list. On sites like Facebook and Twitter not always the Full domain is listed due to the character length and other restrictions. These sites then often abbreviate your domain. We have added a few samples which, of course you can remove to add your own website domain, and others.

Netkiosk Standard idle time timer. 1. You can set the idle time from 1 to 60 minutes.

If after x time a user leaves the PC without logging out, or the PC is idle for x minutes a Netkiosk screen will pop up. 2. The Netkiosk idle time screen shows the user that Netkiosk will clear their sessions after 30 seconds. (default)

3. A user has the option to click cancel. The user can then continue to use Netkiosk. 4. You can change the reset text to your own text. You can also change the idle time settings.

Netkiosk Standard configuration- Browser Layout Tab.

1. Open all links in the same browser windows or in the custom Netkiosk popup Window. 2. Allow security pop ups. (These might also show script errors) 3. Disable or enable right clicking in the Netkiosk browser. The Netkiosk custom right click menu can be hidden. 4. Show or hide any toolbars you want users to be able to access. 5. Set direct to the printer or show the print dialog window. 6. Change the Netkiosk toolbar(s) colour scheme.

Netkiosk Standard configuration - Bookmark Toolbar Tab.

1. Netkiosk has a built-in custom bookmark tool bar.

2. You can show or hide the Netkiosk toolbar and give access to up to 10 fixed book marks. 3. Make sure you add the website name (domain) to the white list also if the white list is enabled.

Netkiosk Standard configuration – Folder Access Tab.

1. Change the “Save As”, “Open” or “Confirm Save As” Dialog text to your own language if you are using a non-English Windows version. If you Windows version is not in English “Save As” will be displayed in your own language.

2. Give access to just 1 folder and block all other folder access. 3. Block all Windows dialog popups. These are non browser popup Windows. 4. Run Netkiosk “Top Most”. Netkiosk will run in front of all other Windows. Do NOT enable this when using the Netkiosk OSK.

Netkiosk Standard configuration – Content Filter Tab. Besides the white list Netkiosk also has a custom content filter where you can block entire websites or keywords.

A keyword blocks the entire website when the keyword is found on the web page. Be careful, as some websites contain keywords like Facebook that you might not want to block. If you want to block a website like facebook.com, you just enter Facebook in the domain list, on the Content Filter Tab. Again do not enter anything like http:// or www or .com etc. You only need to enter the main domain name of the website. You can redirect the user to a custom blocked page when a keyword or website is visited that has been disallowed by the administrator.

Netkiosk Standard configuration – OSK Tab.

1. In our latest Netkiosk Standard version you can enable “Auto Show” to be used with touch screens.

2. When a user types in a text box on a website the Netkiosk or Windows OSK will automatically show. 3. If you do not need to give access to the Netkiosk or Windows OSK you can simply hide the icons. 4. You can change the TabTip.exe location to the location of your own custom OSK (or third party OSK) 5. The xml file location is used by the Netkiosk OSK for the OSK layout. An expert can edit the xml file to change the layout.

Netkiosk Standard configuration – Help Tab.

You will also find the entire help document inside Admin Panel. (Without pictures) and also on our official website www.netkiosk.co.uk

Uninstalling Netkiosk Standard. 1. You can un-install Netkiosk via Control Panel or from the Netkiosk Standard installation folder. 2. Except the Windows 7/8/10 Ctrl+Alt+Del options menu which is controlled completely separate from Netkiosk. 3. You can also use NetkioskStandardRestore to fully restore some of your Windows Settings that where in use by Netkiosk.

4. You will find this program in the Netkiosk Standard installation folder.

Netkiosk Standard. Extra security options.

How to disable the ease of access button on the Windows logon screen (Windows 7/8/10)

1. Open the Command Prompt and enter the following command and press Enter.

2. This will modify the ACL on the utilman.exe file so everyone doesn’t have permission to execute this program.

3. cacls %windir%system32utilman.exe /C /D Everyone

4. To Enable Ease of Access use this code: cacls %windir%system32utilman.exe /E /G “Everyone”:R

You can copy and paste the code into the command prompt on Windows 7, 8 and 10

You will be prompted with a Y/N just type Y and hit Enter and close the Command Prompt.

If you receive the “Access Denied” error, you need to change the owner of Utilman.exe from Trustedinstaller to Administrators before running

the command above.

You will find Utilman.exe in C:/Windows/System32

Right click on Utilman.exe and click, Properties > Security > Advanced > Owner > Edit

Change ownership from TrustedInstaller to Administrator.

Auto Logon for Windows 7, 8 or 10.

You can control the Windows user Auto Login using the NetkioskInstallHelper programs. If this does not work for you follow the below steps.

1. Press the Windows + R keyboard combination to bring up a run box, when it appears type netplwiz and hit enter.

2. This will open the User Accounts dialog box, which will display a list of all the users on your computer.

3. Select your user account from the list, then uncheck the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” checkbox

then click the apply button.

4. This will show the sign in dialog, where you will need to input your password (if the user account has a password)

5. Then click OK.

6. Click OK again to close the User Accounts dialog and you’re good to go.