OpenTC

OpenTC is an open-source login portal for Windows that replaces the default Windows Explorer Shell. It enables the end user to solely connect to given Remote Desktop environments, and prevents them from accessing the desktop and other features.

Features

• Set a custom logo, background, and theme color.
• Support-button tells users how to contact support, provides them with useful information for the engineer.
• Add Remote Desktop environments for the user to choose from, by simply uploading .rdp files to the computer.
• Users no longer have to login to a default user on a Thin Client, nor having to load the Desktop and manually click an RDP-icon.
• Prevents users from accessing the desktop, start menu, and other Windows features.
• It is still possible to access the desktop for administrative purposes (password required).

Downloads

Client: (v0.1a)
Server: N/A
Sourcecode:
Changelog:

Setup

Client

Settings

During the setup you will be able to configure some settings, these settings are stored in the registry under the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OpenTC\Client\Settings".

Name	Value
Background	Path to the background image (e.g. "background.jpg")
Logo	Path to the logo image (e.g. "logo.jpg")
Language	Path to the language file (e.g. "english.txt")
Mode	0 = Standalone, 1 = Server, 2 = Server + Smart Card
Server	When on server mode, enter IP:Port (e.g. "10.0.0.1:1234")
ShutDown	Allow client to be shut down, 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled

With path values you may use only the filename and extension if they are located next to the OpenTC executable, use the full path if they are stored at another location.

Language

Every text and button that is located within OpenTC is changable, you can open the english.txt file that is provided with the client and change things as you like.
Ultimately you could create multiple language files and have certain clients use other text, by changing their "Language" registry value to the specific file name.

You can format the "SupportText" text as you like, use \n for a new rule, %hostname% for the computer name, %ip% for the IP-address and %mac% for the MAC-address.
When the "Support" text is empty, the support button will not be displayed.