How to disable maximize, minimize, and restore on window??

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your help in advanced...

We would like to make sure only the IE running. No one should be able to
maximize, minimize, or restore the window. I just wanted the IE window
maximize so no one can access to other "places" on the desktop.

How do I disable the maximize, minimize, and restore features (the button on
the upperleft corners? I found out GPO can disable the menu browser.

Thank you!

Bobson

 

[Jon Kennedy]

In your situation, you might want to consider running IE in kiosk mode:

How to use Kiosk Mode in Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154780/en-us

Then further restrict IE via the registry:

The restrictions that are available to Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823057/en-us

More restrictions for IE:
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/id/612/
And for Windows in general:
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/id/4/

 

[Guest]

Hi Jon,

Thank you for your quick response! I just tried to run in Kiosk mode. One
issue is that there was no navigation bar. I do not users to be able to move,
re-size, or max/min the IE windows as I just want them to access one home
page.

Any other way I can do to achieve the criteria?

The PCs is for Library Catalog pc. I just want the patrons to use it just
for book searching purpose but not use it for other purposes.

Thank you again!

Bobson

 

[Jon Kennedy]

How to Configure Internet Explorer 5.x to Block Access to All But Approved
Internet Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=267930