[windows2000] Re: Internet Only PC
- From: "Jonathan Jesse" <jjesse@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:35:01 -0400
Another question along the same line, anyone use Terminal
Services/Citrix and some form of Kiosk mode for IE?
We used an old version of application called public browser that was
freeware and since the latest updates to IE it appears to be not
working. Any thoughts on that from the list?
You guys have been great help on everything else
Jonathan Jesse
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-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin, Eddie
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:32 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Internet Only PC
Firefox works fine with Hotmail. I just tested it. If it works for
hotmail it should work for everything else. I have tested it in Yahoo
as well with no problems.
Eddie Martin
Bridgecom IT
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From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:15 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Internet Only PC
good question. I have not figured that out myself. I was going to
clean it up and see if I could get those things back on there myself.
It stinks. If you lock down IE too far it quits working.
I like Jim's idea of Firefox but I wonder if it will work with Hotmail
and msn mail. I will have to look into that.
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Beckett
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:01 AM
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Internet Only PC
How are they installing things if it is locked down and they have no
write capabilities?
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:51 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Internet Only PC
My company runs Senior housing. Independent living apartments,
assisted living, nursing homes, that sort of thing.
A couple years ago, it was decided to offer high speed internet
in our resident libraries. My solution at the time was to put in a
Wyse terminal running Windows CE and the CE version of IE. Everybody
complained because they couldn't access their Hotmail account or Yahoo
mail etc.
So I put in a Windows 2000 workstation with no cd and no floppy,
then locked it down as tight as I could, set IE as the shell and left
it.
I have continued to get complaints about it. They still have
trouble accessing various types of webmail and they get errors instead
of popups. The video went bad on one of them and I have it in my
office. The thing is full of viruses, they somehow managed to install
the yahoo toolbar, cool websearch and a few others. Kids and grandkids
get ahold of this thing too, I don't think it's all our residents. I
thought I had it locked down pretty tight for the sole purpose of
keeping this from happening. It won't load plugins or Active X so I am
not sure how this stuff got on there.
It's a real pain in the rear for me from a support standpoint.
You think users are bad, try explaining the internet to a senior citizen
sometime.
I was thinking of maybe a light install of Linux or something to
straighten this out. But I want their web surfing to be as easy as
possible which means they should probably stick with IE.
Does anyone else have to support something like this? I don't
seem to have mine quite right and would like some ideas to make it
better.
Thanks!
Greg
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