Internet Explorer’s Kiosk Mode In Windows XP

The most powerful web browser Internet Explorer enables users to scratch the screen in full screen mode. It could just be invoked by pressing F11 key on the keyboard. The process is called Kiosk mode. Being a user you can also perform it by entering iexplore -k in the Start menu’s Run dialog box. Alt-F4 or Ctrl-W would close the Kiosk-mode window .Administrators lock down these key combinations using restrictions in the Registry entries.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Find or create each of the following DWORD values and setting its data to 1:

  • NoBrowserClose (disables closing the browser window)
  • NoBrowserContextMenu (disables right-click context menu)
  • NoFileOpen (disables use of Ctrl-O or Ctrl-L to launch an arbitrary URL)
  • NoOpenInNewWnd (disables opening a link in a new window via Ctrl-N or Shift-click)

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