Internet Explorer 6 is by far the most popular browser in Windows. With our newly re-designed Internet Explorer features, we believe that it is truly kiosk-ready.

Secure Desktop 6 plus Firefox 2 or Internet Explorer 6 is simply the best way to create a browser-based desktop system for factory automation, retail point-of-sale, hospitality kiosks, libraries, museums, schools, labs, and cafes. Anywhere a browser-based desktop is needed, Secure Desktop 6 provides the right solution.

If you would like Internet Explorer to start when Secure Desktop starts, we recommend starting it from here. If Internet Explorer is closed for any reason, it will automatically re-start. Optionally, you can clear all private data when this happens, which includes internet address history, cookies, temporary internet files, and browser history.

You can automatically close all instances of Internet Explorer after a set number of minutes of inactivity when not on the home page. You can also clear all private data at that time. We recommend disabling all autocomplete and password caching features.

Internet Explorer policies are registry values for the user logged in now (see dialog title). In Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003, these settings require that the current user is a member of the Administrators Group. Login as each admin user, set the values, then remove the user from the Admin group as needed.

We recommend starting in Full Screen mode, as the most secure way of using Internet Explorer in a public environment. This will also set several Internet Explorer policies to remove or disable menus, associated keyboard shortcuts, toolbar changes, and local file access.

The keyboard shortcuts that are disabled are Control-I, N, O, P, and S and F1, F3, and F11. Control-E, Alt-E, Alt-F, Alt-T, Alt-V, and Shift-Left Mouse button will be disabled system-wide by Secure Desktop.

Toolbar buttons can be set to display back, forward, refresh, stop, and the home buttons only. All other standard buttons are disabled. If other buttons are present, they are probably from an Internet Explorer add-on. With one checkbox, you can disable all add-ons.

Sometimes, you may want to use Internet Explorer for essentially one web site (the home page). If this is the case, you can choose to not display the internet address bar (URL) or set it to read-only. You can still view it, but no longer manually type into it.

We recommend disabling file downloads. But, if you choose to have them, you can optionally prompt when downloading a file and disable the selection of the download folder. You can also set the download folder path.

Using the Approved Sites feature built into Internet Explorer and the Secure Desktop rating system, you can build a white list of approved web sites.