Windows 10 Considerations

Windows 10 support

With Windows 10, workflow has changed from that which had been provided with Windows 7. To achieve a similar workflow, the following settings must be updated in your Windows 10 environment.

NAVIGATION PROPERTIES

The "Navigation" properties must be adjusted for each "user" (this includes the generic Kiosk User account for Kiosk Mode) via user policy updates: on session creation, "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage
OpenAtLogon: REG_DWORD = 0
0 = boots to desktop
1 = boots to Windows Start screen

TASK MANAGER

For security purposes, it is recommended that a Kiosk Mode user policy be set for the generic account such that this user is unable to launch the task manager. If this policy is not enabled, Windows 10 allows the task manager to be executed and displayed on the Privacy Shield.

WORKSTATION LOCK

It is recommended for kiosk mode to disable workstation lock, since typically the end users will not know the generic Windows account password. If the workstation becomes locked at the operating system level, the user has no way to resume the session. Additionally, this allows kiosk mode to lock using the privacy shield with the Windows-L key combination without locking the Windows session.

GPEdit can be used to disable lock: Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options. On the right, find the “Remove Lock Computer”, enable this setting.

Manually by editing the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
DisableLockWorkstation: REG_DWORD = 1
APPLIES TO:WIN 8.1WIN 10

Shell Replacement support

Windows 10 has introduced new requirements for replacing the Explorer Shell for Passthrough configurations.

See Shell Replacement - specific sections address Windows 10 requirements.