<div dir="ltr">A couple of things I've used in the past that may or may not be of use to you:<div><br></div><div>I'm pretty certain that LAN Settings -> Proxy settings stored in the user-profile, so if you set up a different user profile in Windows for each function, you can use the proxy settings to limit access to a small set of sites. Set the HTTP proxy to an unused local IP address (I usually use the loopback address 127.0.0.1 and a random high port number). You can then set a list of exceptions for URLs that are to not use the configured proxy. In this way, all sites except the ones you specify will essentially go nowhere.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I suppose, if you don't want to use different user profiles, you could perhaps make use of scripting and have the icon you presumably will have on the desktop to launch BookFlix launch a script that first changes the proxy settings and then launches the browser to BookFlix's URL. But then you have to ensure that it gets set back to "no proxy" when you're done with BookFlix.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Another alternative to proxy settings could be to configure your locally installed firewall or the network perimeter firewall to block outbound network traffic from that computer, except to specific sites, perhaps again based upon logon account or another parameter.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you do use different user profiles, you can configure both accounts with no password, so the user just selects an account and it logs in. You can take it further by auto-launching either BookFlix or Zoodles. ...and then even further by scheduling a task that waits for a specified period of inactivity before auto-logging out again to make it ready for the next patron.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just some quick thoughts. HTH,</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Becky Schultz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bschultz@yourppl.org" target="_blank">bschultz@yourppl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello,<br>
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We are having a problem figuring out how best to provide two separate services on our kids computer configuration, while blocking general internet browsing. We want the kids to be able to select either service easily:<br>
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- We currently use Zoodles, via Chrome with a kiosk plugin (Zoodles kids mode for Chrome), that keeps kids from wandering off to other sites. Zoodles accesses many websites that have flash games.<br>
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- We want to add access to BookFlix, which only needs to access a single site.<br>
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I would appreciate any ideas!<br>
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Thanks,<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Becky Schultz<br>
Technology Coordinator | Portsmouth Public Library<br>
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