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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hi All,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Just wanted to point out a new piece of software</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">that was shown at VMworld</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">called ThinLaunch that will lock a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">workstation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> into a single application. ThinLaunch</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">would be</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> a great program for a Kiosk PC. You can lock Internet Explorer as the only appl</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ication available</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for example with no access to the desktop</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> You can use it to lock any app as the default and the only one the user sees.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">You can download a 30 day demo of the product from the vendors website at:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://thinlaunch.com/index.shtml"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://thinlaunch.com/index.shtml</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">You need a special key sequence to break out of the desktop so you can logon and administer the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">workstation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">press CTRL-ALT-DEL and choose Log Off while holding the left Shift key. Continue holding the Shift key until the logon dialog appears. This will allow a local account such as administrator, to log on normally.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I am not sure on pricing on this product but the concept is pretty good.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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