Just guessing, but I would think that any kiosk software that has an idle-out should be able to reset to a defined home page after an idle period of X minutes. Here are some that I've used:
KioWare Lite (http://www.kioware.com) -- this is an add-on to IE OpenKiosk (http://www.mozdevgroup.com/products/openkiosk.html) -- this is open source software, a Firefox plug-in, developed and maintained by Brooklyn Museum. KioWare is pretty cheap and runs under IE, so may be easier to adopt. OpenKiosk is free/libre and better. --Matt -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Hanan Cohen Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:23 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv (mcn-l at mcn.edu) Subject: [MCN-L] Restoring internet connecting for Explorer in Kiosk mode I have asked the following question in Stack Overflow. If you know of a solution, I will be happy to know of it. I work at a museum. We show an external website on a computer running in kiosk mode. Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Return = WshShell.Run("iexplore.exe -k www2.somesite.com/dir", 1) Sometimes the internet is disconnected (due to network problems) and Explorer displays a connection error that "hides" the page. We then have to access the kiosk and do something (reset, press Enter or whatever). My question: Is there a way to run Explorer in a way that it will "fix itself" with no external intervention by museum staff? The content is online and changing so we cannot copy the site to the kiosk and show it offline. If there is a solution that only works in other browsers, we can switch. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6786837/restoring-internet-connecting-for-explorer-in-kiosk-mode Thanks, --- Hanan Cohen | Webmaster | Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem | mada.org.il<http://www.mada.org.il/> - Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/-/127569645760> - Twitter<http://twitter.com/madajerusalem> - YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/user/madajerusalem>
