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The information found below should be used in conjunction with security best practices to ensure that by automatically logging into a station, |
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at minimum) set proper data access levels for the kiosk user account (i.e. Read Only within Category Services) |
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and secure physical access to the data entry devices where possible (Mouse, Keyboard, Touchscreen, Etc.). |
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Issue 4: Automatically Launching Firefox On System Start (Windows 10):
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- Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autofullscreen/ from within Firefox. (Note: You must visit this link from within Firefox to install the plugin)
- Click on the "Add to Firefox" button from the page.
- Click on the "Add" button when prompted. This should then turn the current view within your browser to a full screen view. (Note: You can always press F11 to exit full screen mode)
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- From the Windows Start menu, scroll to "Firefox"
- Right click the icon and select "Open file location"
- From the file location, right click on the Firefox shortcut icon and select "Copy"
- On the PC, Press Windows Key + R. From the run menu, enter the following:
- %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
- %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
- When the file location opens, paste the Firefox shortcut from the previous step into this folder.
When you reboot your PC, Firefox should now start up automatically and launch your home page as well.