Spb Kiosk Terminal

SPB Kiosk Engine
Provide kiosk mode for your programs

Spb Kiosk Terminal provides kiosk mode for the Terminal Service Client.

How Spb Kiosk Terminal works

Target Audience

Spb Kiosk Terminal is a thin client for your Pocket PC that works in kiosk mode. There are many situations when a thin client is the cheapest and the most suitable solution. For example take a look at the following case study:
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Spb Kiosk Terminal will help you to ensure that your users work only with the Terminal Service Client and do not have access to other Pocket PC features and options. It increases productivity and saves money on technical support.

How it works

Initially, you get Spb Kiosk Terminal Builder, a desktop application that allows you to build Spb Kiosk Terminal packages configured according to your needs. You can configure full screen mode and autoconnect for Terminal Services Client and specify secret unlock code for your devices.

Spb Kiosk Terminal prevents users from switching to other applications by using hardware buttons. Many other methods of closing Terminal Services Client or switching to other applications have been thoroughly examined and prevented. After the device has been reset, Spb Kiosk automatically starts Terminal Service Client in kiosk mode.

Spb Kiosk Terminal enables Terminal Services Client to work in full screen mode. In this mode Terminal Services Client uses all screen estate to display remote desktop, so not a single pixel on your device is wasted.

Spb Kiosk Terminal supports admin mode which allows you to gain full access to the device. This is useful if you need to fix something or to change settings after Spb Kiosk was deployed. To enter admin mode tap and hold the stylus for 10 seconds anywhere on the screen and then enter your secret unlock code (specified in Kiosk Builder). You can also access Logon screen from Kiosk Start menu (unless it is disabled or hidden).

Auto-Connect

With Spb Kiosk Terminal it is possible to automatically connect to Terminal Server. After soft reset Spb Kiosk will establish Internet connection or wait till it is enabled by the user. Then it will connect to server and login using credentials specified by you in Kiosk Builder.

Together with kiosk mode this feature dramatically simplifies system support. A Pocket PC with Spb Kiosk Terminal installed is a system that is always connected to the Terminal Server. Such a system is much simpler for support and maintenance than a normal Pocket PC with Terminal Service Client.

Customization

In Spb Kiosk Terminal Builder you can customize the following options before generating a new kiosk package:

Unlock code
Full screen mode
Whether to perform auto-connect or not
Terminal server name, login and password for auto-connect.
Weather to disable taskbar or not
Advanced options (disable ActiveSync connectivity, disable phone, disable autorun from meory card etc.)

You can build a deployment package with customized options once and deploy it to many devices.

License

You can download Spb Kiosk Terminal Builder - a desktop application that generates kiosk packages. After registering your version, you can create different packages with different settings. Spb Kiosk Terminal price includes 100 runtime Pocket PC licenses. So you can install built kiosk runtime to 100 Pocket PC devices.

With an unregistered version of Spb Kiosk Terminal Builder you can only generate kiosk packages with built-in time restriction. These packages provide kiosk mode on a device for 15 days.