FARONICS WIN SELECT Operational manual

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Product Data Sheet
Dynamic Preference Control
Standardized user environments are critical for organizations
that want to reduce IT support costs and workload. Faronics
WINSelectprovidesaquick,exible,andscalablewaytocongure
the functionality and feature set of any Windows computer to
conform to an organization’s requirements. WINSelect also
complements, manages, extends, and oen replaces Group
Policy Objects (GPO). It works alongside existing policies and
delivers features and capabilities not oered by GPOs.
WINSelect is also an easy to use GPO alternative for those that
want to customize or lockdown computers, but do not have
the time and training to use Group Policies or lack an Active
Directory structure.
WINSelect Benefits
• Empowers IT with total control over a computer’s operating
system and application abilities
• Ensures that computers are used for their given purpose
• Eliminates the hassle and complexity of locking down
computers with Group Policies
• Reduces the amount of organizational time and money
required to create kiosk computing environments
• Enables easy enforcement of Acceptable Use Policies
WINSelect allows full customization of Internet Browser menu options.
“WINSelect has completely taken away the day-to-day problems…it relieves my tech department from having to touch the
machines for anything other than hardware issues. We spend little if no time on the machines that we have this installed on.”
– Tim Klan, Technology Supervisor, Garden City Schools

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Key Features
Enterprise Control
• Deploy and manage WINSelect directly from the Faronics Core
• Schedule WINSelect restriction times and levels
• Command Line Interface support for workstation management
• Schedule, execute, and congure tasks and settings via groups
• Apply conguration changes without workstation logo
• Remotely scan a machine and select the programs which are allowed
and not allowed to run
Kiosk Options
• Automatically launch predetermined applications upon startup
• Block access to specic menu items and hot-key combinations
• Restrict access to any application on the workstation
Microsoft Office Application Functionality
• Prevent the use of Visual Basic for Applications and prevent
access to VBA through Microso Oce
• Prevent macro shortcuts within Microso Oce programs
• Disable tools/add-in menu items to prevent users from
enabling/disabling Microso Oce add-in programs
• Disable the Web toolbar within Microso Oce
• Disable the Detect and Repair option from the Help menu
Session Timer Settings
• Create time-limited user session with a countdown timer on screen
• Decide whether users have the option to extend session limits
• Create multiple time segments that reference codes for users to input
Control Panel and Desktop Restrictions
• Restrict access to user accounts
• Prevent right-clicks on desktop icons or hide them completely
Windows Explorer Restrictions
• Prevent drag and drop functionality
• Prevent delete, rename, and folder creation
• Restrict access to UNC path
Regulate Start Button Functionality
• Hide the Start Button or disable right-click functionality
• Customize which options are available via the Start Menu
• Force the Classic style Start Menu to remove the Control
Panel, Printer, and Network Settings from the menu option
Internet Explorer Restrictions
• Control which features and options are available within
Microso Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
• Prevent right-clicks within the browser
• Prevent users from changing the default homepage
• Prevent Microso Oce from being launched via the
execution of Oce application les
• Provide all KIOSK mode options
• Create a list of allowed or restricted web sites by domain
name, IP address, or range of IP addresses and domain names
• Prevent users from using the address bar to access les
Open, Save, and Print Options
• Control read access with the option to block saving data to
the Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, CD, DVD and USB devices
• Control or block network and web-based data storage
• Restrict the opening and saving of les with specic le
extensions
• Restrict user access to specic printers
• Restrict the number of pages a user can print
Active Directory Template Integration
• Import ADM templates for Active Directory to control any
Microso product
• Import Microso Vista GPO’s to control workstation functions
WINSelect Templates
• Export all congurations into a secure le
• Use template les to easily deploy standard settings to
multiple workstations
System Requirements
Faronics WINSelect works with computers running Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (32-bit). Supported
programs include Microso Oce 2000, XP, 2003, and 2007; Internet Explorer 8.0; and Mozilla Firefox. Information on the Faronics Core system
requirements can be found in the Faronics Core user guide.