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Monday, April 5, 2010

Windows XP : Security enhancement for Internet kiosk


The followings are the settings down on the EMC Internet Kiosk PC.

1. GPEDIT.MSC
2. User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
a. Remove Programs on Settings Menu.
b. Remove Network Connections from Start Menu.
c. Remove Search menu from Start Menu.
d. Remove Run menu from Start Menu.
e. Remove My Pictures icon from Start Menu.
f. Remove My Music icon from Start Menu.
g. Remove My Network Places icon from Start Menu.
h. Remove Drag-and-drop context menus on the Start Menu.
i. Prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings.
j. Remove access to the context menus for the taskbar.
k. Turn off user tracking.
l. Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu.
m. Remove Set Program Access and Defaults from Start Menu.
3. User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel
a. Prohibit access to the Control Panel.
4. Remove Everyone's permission on these 2 files:
a. %SystemRoot%\Inf\Usbstor.pnf
b. %SystemRoot%\Inf\Usbstor.inf
5. Regedit, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor, Change "Start" value to 4 Hexadecimal.

Related Links:
How can I prevent users from connecting to a USB storage device?
How to disable USB sticks and limit access to USB storage devices on Windows systems

1 comment:

  1. Hello.. Thanks a bunch! This is a great way to start an internet kiosk business.. Since this is a known way to be secure and of course, for internet kiosk business owners, they wouldn't have to worry about manually stopping the time in and time out of a customer.. job well done, thanks!


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