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How to set up a kiosk on Windows 10 Home with Edge

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Monday, February 8, 2016 8:45 AM | 1 vote

Hello,

I would like to set up a kiosk using a touch screen monitor and a mini PC running Windows 10 Home. I would like to use Edge as browser. I do not need any further navigation capabilities; displaying one web page would be sufficient.

I found a quite good description  Set up a kiosk on Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education, but unfortunately it does not applies to Windows Home edition. I was also not able to find hints / best practices for how to use Edge in this context.

Any idea where I can get some further information?

Thanks & Best Regards

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016 6:15 AM ✅Answered

Hi，

Would you mind to see if this registry key works to block task manager on ctrl+alt+del screen? I have no Home computer, so I cannot sure it can work since it's group policy related.

Just try it.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

  • DisableTaskMgr = 1

Since you have Home computer, I can only provide you some workaround to do so.

If not, I have to say that's all I can help on this issue.

Thanks for your understanding.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:11 PM ✅Answered

Hello Kate,

Thanks for the reply and the hint how to block the task manager. It seems to work. The above mentioned tool is basically doing the same; it sets several registry entries for blocking the task manager, auto-login ...

Finally I created a shortcut starting the internet explorer in "kiosk-mode":

    ....\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe -k (url you want to autolaunch)

and copied it to the autostart folder ("... AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup")

This solution fits to my needs...

Thanks & Regrads

Monday, February 8, 2016 10:16 AM | 1 vote

Unfortunately you can not set Kiosk mode for Windows 10 Home edition. It is eligible for a device running Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Mobile, or Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise as a kiosk device.

S.Sengupta, Windows Experience MVP

Monday, February 8, 2016 11:07 AM | 1 vote

Thanks for the reply. I guess you are referring to the 'assigned access feature' not available for Windows 10 Home edition.... But I am looking for some kind of best practices describing how to set up a kiosk by a list of settings, manually to be adjusted (e.g. disable Windows-Logo-key via registry, set PC into tablet mode, disable notifications ...)...

Regards

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 8:55 AM | 1 vote

Hi，

I took some time to do the test to see if Custom User Interface can work for Store app, but it failed at last.

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-apply-and-safely-use-custom-user-interface-shell-or-explorer-in-windows/

Would you mind to use IE as workaround in Home Edition??

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 10:03 AM | 1 vote

Hi Kate,

thanks for the reply and the time you spent on testing... IE would also be fine with me.

Thanks & Best Regards

    J.C.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 10:08 AM | 1 vote

Greate, it will be ok for IE.

Please try the suggestions by following the guide I provide.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 10:27 AM | 1 vote

Hi,

thanks for the response... The suggested guide is a great description how to establish IE (or another program) as a shell. Unfortunately it does not suggest how to lock-down the box. A user still has access to e.g the task manager and will also be able to get access to files & folders, able to reboot the machine, ...

That's the reason for asking 'How to set up a kiosk on Windows 10 Home'...

Windows 10 Pro offers the 'assigned access feature' but upgrading from Home to Pro will cause additional costs which I have to avoid...

Best Regards   

   J.C.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 1:14 PM

The answer is pretty clear and the others have said it. If you want a Kiosk/Assigned Access scenario than you CANNOT use Windows 10 Home. There is no other answer.

Gerry Hampson | Blog: www.gerryhampsoncm.blogspot.ie | LinkedIn: Gerry Hampson | Twitter: @gerryhampson

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 1:50 PM

Hello,

thanks for your clear statement. In the meantime I found a 'freeware tool' claiming to 'configure a Windows PC for the use as an interactive kiosk terminal'. I'll try it ...

Best Regards

 J.C.

Sunday, May 21, 2017 5:17 PM | 2 votes

If you want to lock down Windows 10 Home for a kiosk app, the best way I've found is to use a utility called secure lockdown. It does white listing and starts whatever homepage you've defined on bootup. It automatically locks out the Windows Desktop and any admin functions.