How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?
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@notverypunny I would love Firefox because many patrons ask for it but in the past I was unable to get it to update automatically. Has that changed or do you know a work around?
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@LJ said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
@notverypunny I would love Firefox because many patrons ask for it but in the past I was unable to get it to update automatically. Has that changed or do you know a work around?
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@LJ said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
@notverypunny I would love Firefox because many patrons ask for it but in the past I was unable to get it to update automatically. Has that changed or do you know a work around?
choco upgrade firefox -yvia task scheduler.
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@DustinB3403 Thanks. I have never used chocolatey but I guess I need to learn.
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@LJ Oops. left out something. thanks coliver.
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@LJ said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
@LJ Oops. left out something. thanks coliver.
Most if not all of your freeware software can be installed via Chocolatey, and then generally updated pretty damned easily as well.
here's my typical install string
choco install adobereader-update greenshot citrix-workspace wiztree googlechrome pdf-ifilter-64 -y --allow-empty-checksums
to update them all
choco upgrade all -y -
@LJ said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
@DustinB3403 Thanks. I have never used chocolatey but I guess I need to learn.
For sure. I can't imagine working on Windows without it.
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@LJ said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
further complication is they don't log out and the next public user who wants to log in sees the previous user and is confused requiring intervention by library staff. We need a way to prevent this or at least a l
Hi,
I don't get why they recommended chocolatey pkg management solution, cause you don't need it in your scenario. why would you need to install apps easily using choco ? your goal to lockin users and have them not install apps.
What you need is KIOSK platform. usually Linux OS works better for this, especially if what you are providing is simple web browsing experience, any linux OS with chrome without sudo user permissions will work great for your needs.
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@Emad-R said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
@LJ said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
further complication is they don't log out and the next public user who wants to log in sees the previous user and is confused requiring intervention by library staff. We need a way to prevent this or at least a l
Hi,
I don't get why they recommended chocolatey pkg management solution, cause you don't need it in your scenario. why would you need to install apps easily using choco ? your goal to lockin users and have them not install apps.
What you need is KIOSK platform. usually Linux OS works better for this, especially if what you are providing is simple web browsing experience, any linux OS with chrome without sudo user permissions will work great for your needs.
We were working for where the OP started - which was with Windows machines.
Assuming there is no other Windows based software on the machine - you're right, putting Linux on these and locking them down would be best - it will stop most casual idiots from screwing around with to much stuff.
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@Emad-R said in How can I prevent student logins to Google from overriding the Library's public PC restrictions?:
I don't get why they recommended chocolatey pkg management solution, cause you don't need it in your scenario. why would you need to install apps easily using choco ? your goal to lockin users and have them not install apps.
What you need is KIOSK platform.You had me up to here
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choco got into the mix as a reliable way to keep Firefox up to date, thus allowing the OP to get rid of Chrome
