ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but Internet Explorer has a "kiosk" mode in which it runs the web browser in a lockdown mode with no menu bars or controls exposed. Then, the informational pages can be done in html, either locally or over the web. The string to run IExplorer in kiosk mode is: "[local path to internet explore] -k [url to display]" e.g.: "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" -k "c:\my kiosk info\default.htm" -----Original Message----- From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 6:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Windows kiosk software? ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ************************************************************************ ***** Anyone have recommendations for inexpensive or open-source software than can be used to turn ordinary Windows PCs into simple information kiosks? *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]