Windows Kiosk App

Question

So, I need to build a kiosk type of application for use in an internet cafe. The app needs to load and display some options of things to do. One option is to launch IE to surf

Answer 1

You could use a windows service that would kick off your UI that could have your games in it AND a web browser CONTROL (WinForms/WPF). This could greatly simplify your task of securing the UI, because you would just need to set permissions on the windows service / app rather than trying to lock down the entire OS. Futhermore, you could use an additional service to provide some redundancy and always check if your UI program is still running. IF a user somehow got the window to close, this background service could just boot your kiosk app up again (also useful if it crashes). Here is also an example of how to disable the task manager on this machine.