Kiosk Software for Windows

Technology ChMS
1

We are setting up some check-in kiosks for Ministry Platform on Microsoft Surface tablets. The built-in windows kiosk mode is not cutting it. Do you all have any recommendations for an app that will turn the Surface into a locked down kiosk? I’ve found a couple but they are prohibitively expense. Thanks for your help.

Mark Wyse
Blackhawk Church
Madison, WI

2

What are you looking for feature wise? I’ve generally had good results just swapping the shell for whatever app is needed for the kiosk.

3

We need to run a webpage via Chrome and then print to DYMO label printers.
I know a lot can be done via GPO to lockdown the PC. I was just looking for
a simple to deploy and manage kiosk solution.

4

If you’ve got GPOs and they’re domain-attached, this is a bit of work but beautiful once it’s done. (We do this.) Things that we’ve done, and I recommend you do:

  • GPOs to prevent falling asleep when you don’t want them to
  • GPOs to manage Windows updates
  • batch file to mark Dymo as default printer, remove other printers, and launch Chrome in Kiosk mode to a specified URL
  • AutoHotKey script to disable keyboard combinations you don’t need
5

You might want to look at kioware.com. We use their software, and it locks the computer down perfectly.