Kiosktimer v3
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:46 am
Hi -
I've been trying out the version 3 release of the kiosk timer. The main issue I'm having is that although I have all the suggested security features checked - such as hide desktop, hide taskbar, hide start menu and the like, when the computer initially boots up, all those things will be visible. If I go into the administative setting then immediately they will all be hidden. But i would like them all to be hidden when the system boots. As a suggestion, I think it would also be good if we could disable the right click context menu on the timer window. This would mean that the user would not be able to change anything. Perhaps leaving the administrative setting - passowrd protected of course. In my experience, if you give the users any chance to change any setting, such as silent alarm, or resetting the machine, they will. And then they'll complain when it resets! Also, one change on the 2.3 version seems to be that, because you can't see the timer window when the splash screen is on, the administrator has to put money in to make changes. This isn't really a big deal, but is a bit annoying.
I'll keep testing and let you know of any more issues I have.
Many thanks for the new release.
Clem
One more thing - when changing the pictures on the splash screen, the save button isn't visible on my resolution (1024x768). I had to change the resolution to much higher to see the button and save the changes.
Sorry, should have put my system details in - Celeron 2.4ghz, 256mb ram, running windows 2000
I've been trying out the version 3 release of the kiosk timer. The main issue I'm having is that although I have all the suggested security features checked - such as hide desktop, hide taskbar, hide start menu and the like, when the computer initially boots up, all those things will be visible. If I go into the administative setting then immediately they will all be hidden. But i would like them all to be hidden when the system boots. As a suggestion, I think it would also be good if we could disable the right click context menu on the timer window. This would mean that the user would not be able to change anything. Perhaps leaving the administrative setting - passowrd protected of course. In my experience, if you give the users any chance to change any setting, such as silent alarm, or resetting the machine, they will. And then they'll complain when it resets! Also, one change on the 2.3 version seems to be that, because you can't see the timer window when the splash screen is on, the administrator has to put money in to make changes. This isn't really a big deal, but is a bit annoying.
I'll keep testing and let you know of any more issues I have.
Many thanks for the new release.
Clem
One more thing - when changing the pictures on the splash screen, the save button isn't visible on my resolution (1024x768). I had to change the resolution to much higher to see the button and save the changes.
Sorry, should have put my system details in - Celeron 2.4ghz, 256mb ram, running windows 2000