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  1. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    well i guess i got it to work in a very cheap and pathetic way... but if someone else can come up with something... great.. does not work: shell="c:\program files\blah\blah.exe" because blah.exe has to be run at that directory because of the way the program was made... if you run it at c:\ then...
  2. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    Hello, not exactly sure what to do with the autoexec.nt file.... i looked at some of the commands in there and tried the LH stuff lh c:\program files\blah\blah.exe no luck
  3. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    Linney, no luck on that thread... it's rahter off topic. my apoligies for not being concise dtracy. im not sure what it was like back in win98 but from what you were describing it sounds like what i want to do. linney already pointed me to the registry where i can replace the shell with my...
  4. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    when you look at a shortcut it shows you the option of "Start in" I need to be able to do such thing in the registry im somewhat familary with the registry\blahblah\run i put in the exectuable in there but NEED to inclue that "start in" :) thanks!!! unfortunately none of my registry stuff...
  5. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    changing the shell... that's seems to solve a lot of problems. i tried it out and yes it got rid of purty much a lot of the windowy stuff. CAD is still functioning but i can remap the keys would you happened to the command for telling a program where to startup? similar to shortcut link where...
  6. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    yes i've used this before. i've done most of the features on that software through the registry settings. here's the scenario 1. selling a pc with a specific application on top of windows xp pro. 2. customizing windows through registry, trying to avoid using any software. this is to prevent...
  7. evolive

    Hiding XP (like a KIOSK)

    Hello, I'm wondering if MS provides some sort of special too/software so that I can run an application on top of winxp pro and hide the os from the user. In another words, I want to run a program and not let the user know that I am using a microsoft os. (almost like a kiosk) thanks!
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