Secure Desktop 6 is a replacement for the Windows Explorer Shell. The focus of this product is to limit access to software programs on a computer that runs Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003.

Secure Desktop 6 provides a clean user interface to any program -- DOS or Windows. Each icon can be password protected, will have a function key associated with it, and is activated by a double click or single click (ideal for touch screen applications). Any icon may be associated with a program. Function keys may be designated as global or local to the Secure Desktop window. If an application is already running, it can optionally be brought to the foreground rather than starting a second instance.

Within Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, or 2000/2003 Terminal Services; the Alt-Tab and Alt-Esc (task switch), Ctrl-Esc (start menu, Windows key), and Ctrl-Alt-Del (reboot) keystroke sequences may be disabled, in addition to many others. These keystroke combinations are tuned specifically for different operating systems and are not hardware dependant.

Record user keystrokes to disk, including the top window titles, Secure Desktop events, Internet Explorer 6 URLs, Firefox 2 URLs, and the current username that has logged in. Specify the number of days to log to disk, file will automatically keep only specified number of days of data. User Activity is stored in a read-only hidden text file for easy viewing. Secure Desktop tries to detect password text fields to log * instead of the password. Also, keystrokes in Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 2 HTTPS web sites are logged as *.

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.

Please read our data sheets on iLock 2.0 for Mozilla Firefox 2. Also read our data sheet on Internet Explorer 6 for more details.

With one checkbox, disable USB storage features for a computer.

Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003 programs have built-in features to restrict menus and their associated toolbar icons. These features are registry entries. Secure Desktop 6 provides an easy checkbox interface to disable many of the menu/toolbar button items. Secure Desktop 6 will also disable many of the additional features found in Office 2000/XP/2003 file open/save as dialogs.

The Window Wizard continuously looks for a given window in the system, then performs some kind of action upon that window. Windows are identified by the window title, top level menu, or a combination of the two. Once a window is found, it can be forced to maximize or minimize, it can be hidden, it can be forced close, or the menu of the window can be manipulated. This is a very powerful tool used to manipulate other software running on your system.

sFile is a little file manager with limited capabilities. sFile is used if you want to have a user copy files, but you do not want them to do other things Explorer would allow. A 'from' and a 'to' folder can be specified, along with 'wild card' file filters.

Each program may be started as minimized, maximized, normal, or hidden. The hidden attribute launches the application as an invisible entity, suitable for software not requiring operator interaction, such as communication gateway programs. This feature may also be applied to any application, regardless of how it was started.

Help files, when executed, usually go directly to the "contents" topic in the help file. With Secure Desktop, you may alternately choose a topic by specifying a "keyword" found in the help files search list.

The application's appearance may be altered during launch by changing the title bar, disabling menu items, or even deleting menu items. Using this feature, an application could be prevented from closing or exiting, or the save function could be removed. By deleting the minimize or maximize menus from the system menu, resizing an application's window can be controlled. This feature can also be applied to any window, regardless of how it was started.

There may be up to 18 start-up applications in Secure Desktop. The order and time delay between starting each application can be controlled. These applications may also be started based on a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) item changing to a non-zero state. You can also start programs when Secure Desktop is shutting down.

The order and time delay between shutting down each application is controllable.

If a program that was previously started with Secure Desktop is closed, it can be automatically re-started.

There are twelve timer applications that may be executed up to four times per day, every day, once per week, or once per month. This can be very useful for automatic backup routines, or other data archival purposes.

Free memory, and free disk space are monitored and displayed with optional alarm thresholds. Secure Desktop is a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) Server providing this data to DDE Client applications. The computer's date and time settings may by synchronized with a DDE Server based on time (Daily, Weekly, or Monthly) or on a DDE item not equaling zero, so the computer's date & time will be equivalent to a PLC's date & time, for example.

Besides application and group passwords, "program run", "exit windows", and the "control panel" may all be password protected. All passwords can have a calculated code appended based on the day, month, and year.

Passwords are ignored and hotkeys are once again available when in Supervisor Mode to facilitate computer maintenance operations. This mode can be set to automatically time out.

This module replaces the normal task manager, eliminating buttons associated with end task, window tiling, etc. The list of tasks may be disabled (grayed). Task switching within the task manager may be password protected.

Secure Desktop 6 is available, direct and through authorized distributors for $195.00 per unit US. Quantity pricing is available.