Disabling Exit from Netscape v3.01

[Dale E. Goodell]

We have migrated to Netscape v3.01 as our primary user interface on 
our library's public workstations.  I would like to prevent users from 
exiting Netscape, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do 
this.  Our goal is to have everything consistent, so that Netscape 
is the only interface people see.  How have other libraries solved 
this problem? 

I'm still running Windows for Workgroups v3.11; I don't plan to 
upgrade to Windows 95 for some time.  I'm using Fortres 101 v2.51 
for general Windows security, and IKIOSK v2.0 to disable many of 
Netscape's menu items.  I plan to upgrade IKIOSK to version 2.04 
within the next week or so.  (I have generally been pleased with 
both Fortres and IKIOSK.)  In my AUTOEXEC.BAT, I call Windows with the 
command "win <path>\netscape.exe" to launch Netscape automatically 
when Windows starts.  I also have a program called PrintScreen in my 
startup group. 

With my current Fortres and IKIOSK settings, if the user exits 
Netscape, they can't do anything else; they must either run 
Netscape again or re-boot the computer.  In addition, I have used 
Fortres to prevent exiting from Windows, and I have gotten rid of 
Windows' TASKMAN.EXE, so they can't go to and exit other programs (in 
this case, PrintScreen). Using IKIOSK, I have tried to disable 
Netscape's File|Close and File|Exit choices, as well as being able to 
double- click in the upper-left corner of Netscape to exit.  These 
measures have not disable exit from Netscape.

I have also tried replacing Program Manager with Netscape as the 
Windows shell.  This is an unacceptable solution, as Fortres 101 
can't properly load, and I can't get the PrintScreen program to 
start.

I would like to hear from others who have conquered this problem. 
Thank you, in advance, for any help you might be able to provide.

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Dale E. Goodell
User Support Analyst
Western Oregon University Library
Monmouth, OR 97361

Internet:   goodeld at fsa.wou.edu
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