"Mahesh Devjibhai Dhola" <dholamah***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> The following are my need:
> 1. When a PC starts, my software should come up directly without any user
> interaction.
> 2. Only my software will be accessible to the user and they will not be
> able
> to access anything from Windows - nothing at all.
> 3. A super user can access the software as well as the full windows
>
> The windows OS may be windows 2k, windows XP or windows 2k3.
>
> Temp solution:
> I can place my software in start-up and will make it full screen, without
> any control buttons like minimize, maximize, close, resize etc so user
> will
> see always my software at start up.
> Problems: Some one can restart PC and in Safe-mode or other options they
> can
> use and they may access windows and if I am disabling all these options
> some-how then when we need PC access for maintenance or some other
> administrative purpose then it will not be available to me. So, for that I
> will create a super user account in my software through which super user
> can
> access the window.
> Also, if I make Alt + Ctrl + Del, Alt + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + Esc, Windows +
> D, Windows + E, Windows + R etc keys disable then I will need to
> manipulate
> all these keys individually and may be there will be lot more.
>
> So I need some way through which I can restrict the normal user to access
> anything from windows and they will only be able to access my software
> only - nothing else and a super user can access the software as well as
> normal windows access too - and all I want to do programmatically and if
> possible using only C# - but its not hard requirement - I can use other
> languages too.
>
> I heard about user - security policies but I don't know any programmatic
> way
> to work with it, also dont know what and how to do....
>
> Any pointers/help or your guidance will be very much helpful to me
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Mahesh Devjibhai Dhola
> "Empower yourself...."
>
>

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
message news:epPTyhEGGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Mahesh,
>
>    What you are looking for is a kiosk app.  I would do a google search on
> it (and maybe windows as well) and see what that turns up.  It should give
> you some information you are looking for.
>
>    Hope this helps.
>
> --
>          - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
>          - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com
>
> "Mahesh Devjibhai Dhola" <dholamah***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FuXnzDGGHA.3836@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all,
>> The following are my need:
>> 1. When a PC starts, my software should come up directly without any user
>> interaction.
>> 2. Only my software will be accessible to the user and they will not be
>> able
>> to access anything from Windows - nothing at all.
>> 3. A super user can access the software as well as the full windows
>>
>> The windows OS may be windows 2k, windows XP or windows 2k3.
>>
>> Temp solution:
>> I can place my software in start-up and will make it full screen, without
>> any control buttons like minimize, maximize, close, resize etc so user
>> will
>> see always my software at start up.
>> Problems: Some one can restart PC and in Safe-mode or other options they
>> can
>> use and they may access windows and if I am disabling all these options
>> some-how then when we need PC access for maintenance or some other
>> administrative purpose then it will not be available to me. So, for that
>> I
>> will create a super user account in my software through which super user
>> can
>> access the window.
>> Also, if I make Alt + Ctrl + Del, Alt + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + Esc, Windows
>> +
>> D, Windows + E, Windows + R etc keys disable then I will need to
>> manipulate
>> all these keys individually and may be there will be lot more.
>>
>> So I need some way through which I can restrict the normal user to access
>> anything from windows and they will only be able to access my software
>> only - nothing else and a super user can access the software as well as
>> normal windows access too - and all I want to do programmatically and if
>> possible using only C# - but its not hard requirement - I can use other
>> languages too.
>>
>> I heard about user - security policies but I don't know any programmatic
>> way
>> to work with it, also dont know what and how to do....
>>
>> Any pointers/help or your guidance will be very much helpful to me
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>>
>> Mahesh Devjibhai Dhola
>> "Empower yourself...."
>>
>>
>
>

"Rocky" <nopl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:eKas66EGGHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Try this out. It's in VB but I'm sure you can figure it out.
> http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/Windows/Creating_New_Desktops/article.asp
>
>
> "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote
> in message news:epPTyhEGGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Mahesh,
>>
>>    What you are looking for is a kiosk app.  I would do a google search
>> on it (and maybe windows as well) and see what that turns up.  It should
>> give you some information you are looking for.
>>
>>    Hope this helps.
>>
>> --
>>          - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
>>          - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com
>>
>> "Mahesh Devjibhai Dhola" <dholamah***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23FuXnzDGGHA.3836@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi all,
>>> The following are my need:
>>> 1. When a PC starts, my software should come up directly without any
>>> user
>>> interaction.
>>> 2. Only my software will be accessible to the user and they will not be
>>> able
>>> to access anything from Windows - nothing at all.
>>> 3. A super user can access the software as well as the full windows
>>>
>>> The windows OS may be windows 2k, windows XP or windows 2k3.
>>>
>>> Temp solution:
>>> I can place my software in start-up and will make it full screen,
>>> without
>>> any control buttons like minimize, maximize, close, resize etc so user
>>> will
>>> see always my software at start up.
>>> Problems: Some one can restart PC and in Safe-mode or other options they
>>> can
>>> use and they may access windows and if I am disabling all these options
>>> some-how then when we need PC access for maintenance or some other
>>> administrative purpose then it will not be available to me. So, for that
>>> I
>>> will create a super user account in my software through which super user
>>> can
>>> access the window.
>>> Also, if I make Alt + Ctrl + Del, Alt + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + Esc, Windows
>>> +
>>> D, Windows + E, Windows + R etc keys disable then I will need to
>>> manipulate
>>> all these keys individually and may be there will be lot more.
>>>
>>> So I need some way through which I can restrict the normal user to
>>> access
>>> anything from windows and they will only be able to access my software
>>> only - nothing else and a super user can access the software as well as
>>> normal windows access too - and all I want to do programmatically and if
>>> possible using only C# - but its not hard requirement - I can use other
>>> languages too.
>>>
>>> I heard about user - security policies but I don't know any programmatic
>>> way
>>> to work with it, also dont know what and how to do....
>>>
>>> Any pointers/help or your guidance will be very much helpful to me
>>>
>>> Thanks in Advance,
>>>
>>> Mahesh Devjibhai Dhola
>>> "Empower yourself...."
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>