Configuring Windows to run SambaPOS in Kiosk mode

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I am not using this atm but ill run some tests.

EDIT: I am running windows 10 looks like the script needs to be updated for windows 10. Ill see what I can do and try testing it.

EDIT: Looks like it might not be as easy. Apparently the API has changed in windows 10 and I am having a hard time getting any documentation atm because its still Technical preview. I am thinking Create is different now… and probably the objWMIService changed. So I do not have a way to test why its not working for you atm @eddhasaj

Paste your script here maybe for comparison?

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Sorry just seen this post. @kendash

strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
errResult = objWMIService.Create("C:\Program Files (x86)\SambaPOS5\Samba.Presentation.exe", 
           "C:\Program Files (x86)\SambaPOS5\", null, intPosID)
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
    ("Select * From __InstanceDeletionEvent " _ 
            & "Within 1 Where TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process'")

Do Until False = True
    Set objProcess = colProcesses.NextEvent
    If objProcess.TargetInstance.ProcessID = intPosID Then
        Exit Do
    End If
Loop

Set wshShell =  WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.shell")
wshShell.run "c:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /l", 0, false
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What version of windows?

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Sorry im using windows 8.1 Pro 64bit @kendash

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Do you get any error messages?

PS. I cant test it right now because rewriting it for windows 10 is rather difficult since not much has been given on what might be different yet. However I really do not see why it wouldn’t work I mean its the same structure there has to be something else wrong. You double checked the install dir for sambapos5?

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@kendash

I copied the directory that im using in the script and pasted in run path and it started samba so im sure the path is correct.

I had v4 installed and the script worked great. I installed v5 and changed all sambaPOS4’s to 5’s accordingly and saved the script. The script does nothing, no errors.

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Strange… I am not sure what difference it would be.

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My guess is that this uses Windows server in order to access Group Policies. How would we be able to achieve this in a standard version of windows 8.1?

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You can use this with professional versions of windows not home.

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Ahh ok. In the case of which proffesional is not available. Is there an alternative to make this happen?