eVisitor Kiosk Installation Guide

eVisitor KIOSK Installation Guide

Note: For best results, be sure you have a clean install of windows and a reliable internet connection. These are the top two causes of problems with eVisitor Kiosk. If you are having troubles with Kiosk running for several days in a row, reset Windows to factory defaults and be sure your internet connection is not timing out.

1) MS Surface Pro settings (Windows 10):

Set "Screen resolution" to defaults

Settings, System:
Size of Text: 200% (recommended)
Resolution 1824 x 2736 (recommended)

Set "power" to always on

Settings, System, Power: ...
Set bluetooth adapter to stay on (see zebra instructions for details)

Turn "tablet mode" off

Click lower right-hand corner (notifications). Turn OFF tablet mode.
Settings, System, Tablet mode, Use desktop mode

Turn "MS on-screen keyboard" on

R-click on the taskbar
Select "show touch keyboard button"
Turn off People and Windows ink and Cortana

Set "MS on-screen keyboard" to not automatically pop-up

Settings, devices, typing, Touch Keyboard: Show the touch… OFF

MS Surface Pro settings (Windows 11 - beta):

Set "Screen resolution" to defaults

Settings > System > Display:

Scale: 200% (recommended)
Resolution 1824 x 2736 (recommended)

Turn Notifications off

Settings > System > Notifications:

Notifications = OFF
Do Not Disturb = ON

Set "power" to always on

Settings > System > Power & Battery > Power > Screen & Sleep

When plugged in, turn my screen off = NEVER
When plugged in, put my device to sleep = NEVER

Turn Bluetooth off unless you are using a wireless printer.

Settings > Bluetooth & Devices

Bluetooth = OFF
Set Bluetooth adapter to stay on if using a wireless printer (see zebra instructions for details)

Set Zebra printer label length.

Be sure your Zebra printer is plugged in and the driver loaded.
Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Printers & Scanners > ZD410 > Printing Preferences

For 4" Tab Expiring Badges, Width = 1.875, Height = 4.75

Set USB ports to always on (probably not needed since screen is always on)

Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > USB

USB Power Saver = OFF

Set Touch off

Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Touch

Three and four finger touch gestures = OFF

Turn off most startup apps:

Settings > Apps > Startup

Turn off most of these

Clean up taskbar:

Settings > Personalization > Taskbar

Search = HIDE
Taskview = OFF
Widgets = OFF
Chat = OFF
Pen = OFF
OneDrive = OFF
Show Badges = OFF
Show Flashing = OFF
Share any windows… = OFF
… Show Desktop = OFF
and others you don't want

Install the barcode font (for std version as of Sept 2023)

The next two require admin rights

Turn "edge swipe" off

Search, “edit group policy”
Local computer policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative templates > Windows components > Edge UI

Allow Edge swipe: Disable

Set "AutoLogon" to on (optional) (details)

regedit to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Set AutoAdminLogon to 1

RESTART

2) Install eVisitor Kiosk ( other versions )

Standard Kiosk Configuration

Settings: Touch upper right hand corner, click gear, enter password
Initial Screen:

Show Welcome Screen
Turn off Keyboard and Sign-out

Devices:

Select your ID reader type
Rotate Camera: 270
Label Printer: ZD410, or whatever printer you are using.

Any other settings you want to adjust

3) AutoStart Kiosk

Open the startup folder: Windows-R, Shell:Startup, OK
Copy the eVisitor Kiosk desktop icon into the startup folder.

or regedit to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Edit, new, string value:
name=kiosk
Data="c:\users\<username>\Desktop\eVisitor Kiosk.appref-ms"

4) Wireless Zebra

( link )

5) Turbo Photo DL reader

(link)