[WEB4LIB] Disabling restore in Full Screen

[Andrew Mutch]

Karen,

There is a registry key that allows you to disable the F11 key.  It is called
NoTheaterMode.  Information on it is available in KB article Q179221.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q179/2/21.ASP

This information is also available at my favorite new Registry hack site:

http://www.regedit.com/cgi-bin/detail?id=442

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

"Karen G. Schneider" wrote:

> [n.b. I sent this to another list last week, but thought perhaps some folks
> on web4lib might
> have some ideas.  Some other things that have occurred to me since then
> include
> disabling F11 (might accomplish what I'm trying to do) and the stray thought
> that
> if I can disable Alt-F4, the ability to disable restore must be available
> too... there
> are probably a million solutions, and I'm just drawing a massive blank.]
>
> : For our web catalog workstations, I have configured them via NT policy to
> : launch with IE5 as the desktop (using runapp) and in fullscreen mode.
> : Alt-F4 has been disabled, and I left three buttons on the
> toolbar--forward,
> : back and stop.  This is a very appealing configuration for this purpose
> : because it allows navigation but doesn't have the menu stuff.  Users will
> : never print from these machines (they don't print from the old catalogs,
> : either...) and it gives the bibliographic information a nice, full screen
> to
> : fill on these recycled 15" monitors.
> :
> : The only problem is that fullscreen can be disabled, either by hitting F11
> : or by selecting "restore."
> :
> : I rejected "kiosk mode" (iexplore -k) for these machines because as far as
> I
> : could figure out, after testing it, too much has been eliminated from the
> : kiosk version--I do want those three navigational buttons, which are very
> : helpful for moving around in the catalog, plus the opportunity to add
> others
> : (who knows but we may have "Radio Free Shenendehowa" and broadcast news
> from
> : our catalog, at the click of a radio button... I wouldn't rule out
> anything
> : at this point).
> :
> : I could go with a very stripped-down browser, such as we will use for our
> : database machines, but if possible I'd like to stay with this modified
> full
> : screen.  Of course, it's easy enough to restore fullscreen (toggle F11),
> and it's
> : possible to strip down the browser enough so when this happens we fear no
> : calamitous patron behavior, but I-want-my-interface.
> :
> : So, without precluding other answers, I guess my questions are...
> :
> : * Can I force fullscreen in some way?
> : * Can kiosk be configured more than I realize?
> :
> : Am I missing something terribly obvious?  I'm using adm files culled from
> : various resource kits (IE, NT, Office, etc.) and could not find something
> to
> : force fullscreen.  I also searched http://www.jsiinc.com/ and the KB, just
> : in case.
> :
> : Karen G. Schneider kgs at bluehighways.com
> : Assistant Director of Technology
> : Shenendehowa Public Library, Clifton Park, NY
> : http://www.shenpublib.org
> :
> :