Onkar Singh

Do you want to disable Home button on Windows 8 tablet? You will learn the effective way to do it by end of this post. Windows 8 tablets apt for mobile workforce? Windows 8 is fast, touch enabled, faster to boot and has huge security improvements than previous Windows Operating Systems. Windows 8 tablets with the functioning compatibility of MS Office tools are as powerful as laptops which makes them very appropriate for mobile enterprise workforce. With all the great features, deployment of Windows 8 tablet as a field tool seems pretty obvious however, with such a dynamic desktop and applications loaded Start Screen, the proper usage of device and its handling becomes much of a concern. Especially with introduction of Home Button or Windows Button in Windows 8 tablets, it is easy to access  Start Screen even with a device lockdown application installed. Disable Hom... (more)

Updating SureLock and SureFox settings remotely using SureMDM

Applies to: SureLock, SureFox SureMDM allows you to update SureLock and SureFox settings on your Android devices remotely. This means user interaction will not be required while updating SureLock and SureFox settings. There are two ways of doing it: Instant Update for online devices: This option can be used only for the devices which are currently online on SureMDM. You can view the current SureLock/SureFox settings for the selected device and make changes to it as well. Follow the steps below to view and edit the configuration instantly: Select an online device from the device ... (more)

Custom TitleBar in SureLock

A Title Bar is the first thing which grabs user's attention. SureLock kiosk-mode lock down for Android allows you to display a custom title bar on top of SureLock home screen. Whether its your company name or a special message, the title bar can be used to display text according to the requirement. Follow the instructions below to configure and display your own title bar on SureLock home screen: Enter SureLock admin settings using your password. Tap on TitleBar Settings located which is located under SureLock settings. Tap on "Enable TitleBar" to turn on the title bar. You can... (more)

How to provision large number of mobile devices into Kiosk lock down mode

Applies to: SureLock and SureFox If you're an IT administrator in an organization, it should not be difficult to understand how tedious it can become when it comes to configuring multiple devices. To make this process easy for you, SureLock and SureFox allow you to configure one device, export its settings to a file and then replicate the same settings to other devices in your organization. To explain the procedure better, we divide it into two steps: Preparing the settings file: Install SureLock/SureFox on any one device and configure it with your required settings. Once you hav... (more)

Set Custom Idle Timeout to Auto Launch an Application

What do you do when you want your workforce to refer to an application on the device each time the device goes to an idle mode because of inactivity? You can surely use the live wallpaper option on the device using Wallpaper option in SureLock however what if it is an application that you want to enable for the workforce to refer? We have added an option to do exactly the same in SureLock. All you have to do is set an Idle Timeout and specify an application to auto launch every time the device is idle for the specified time. Here is how you do it. 1. Login to your SureLock Setti... (more)