General Support

1. JAVA
2. Internet Explorer 6 + Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME
3. Windows registry script to lock down your Internet Access terminal.
4. Disable Task Manager ( Ctrl-Alt-Del) and all special windows keys in Windows 95/98/ME
5. Securing the Linux environment.
6. Launching java client on Linux startup.

JAVA

Espresso Cafe Server requires a Java Virtual Machine V1.2 or later.

Espresso Cafe Client requires a Java Virtual Machine V1.4 or later. This has been requred for adding features that were not previously available in earlier JVM's.

Download the Java 2 Standard Edition, JVM (now Java runtime environment, JRE or J2SE) at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html and follow instructions to install, or try the new automated download and install for Windows at http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html.

Once installed most operating systems will execute a jar file by double clicking. For executing from the command line use the command

"java -jar Server.jar" or "java -jar client.jar"

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Internet Explorer 6 + Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME

A bug has been found when using IE6 with Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME.

The Espresso Cafe client is not able to terminate the Internet Explorer application.

This is not a bug with Espresso Cafe, it is a problem with Internet Explorer 6 for Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME. There is no known work-around. Please consider using Internet Explorer 5.x with any of these operating systems.

Internet Explorer 6 works fine under Windows XP.

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Windows registry script to lock down your Internet Access terminal.

Use this script provided to lock down your system.

It will disable for windows:

Setting Folders
Modifying Taskbar
Recent Documents Menu
Right click on System Tray
Right click on Start Menu
Find
Help
ToolbarCustomizing
Task Manager (Windows NT/2000/XP ONLY)

It will disable for Internet Explorer:

Browser Options
Browser SaveAs
Favorites
File New
File Open
Find Files
Downloads
Theater Mode
ToolBar
Toolbar Options
View Source
Printing
Browser Bars

• Before running this script, please read it and make sure this is what you want to do!
• Create multiple accounts. 1 to lock down. 1 for administrative purposes.
• Before locking down, delete everything from the start menu.
• Run command will still be active so changes can be made, until executing no-run.reg.
• IT WILL NOT DISABLE THE TASK MANAGER IN WINDOWS 95/98/ME. See winlock.

Download Mainlock.reg and run it.

Reboot!

Check everything is secured as required!

Download No-run.reg and run it.

Download UNDO-ALL.reg to undo all changes.

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Disable Task Manager ( Ctrl-Alt-Del) and all special windows keys in Windows 95/98/ME

To disable the Task Manager and all special windows keys in Windows 95/98/ME please download the following file and place it in the Startup folder or in the "RUN" key in the registry.

DOWNLOAD WINLOCK.EXE

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Securing the Linux environment.

Here are some links where people have done similar things.

http://new.linuxnow.com/docs/content/Kiosk-HOWTO-html/Kiosk-HOWTO.html

http://help-site.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Public-Web-Browser.html

http://kiosk.mozdev.org/ - also look at the links page from here, more good sources of info/scripts.

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Launching java client on Linux startup.

Make sure java is in the path. For Bash, put this in the .bashrc file in user directory. (make sure it is java's path)
PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re14.0_01/bin/

Put something like this in your xinitrc
java -jar /pathtoclient/client.jar&

or if you are running GNOME add "java -jar /pathtoclient/client.jar" in the Session Propertys and Startup Programs. (Settings-> Session -> Session Propertys and Startup Programs)

this might be different again, depending on your particular window manager.

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