Accessing The Windows® Ce Desktop; Password Protection (Gate Keeper) - Motorola MK1250-0N0DAKBNTWR - Symbol Micro Kiosk MK 1250 Product Reference Manual

Accessing the Windows
If an MK1200 is configured to launch an application on power-up, you can bypass the application at boot-up to
access to the Windows

Password Protection (Gate Keeper)

The Gate Keeper application provides password protection preventing unauthorized access to the Windows
desktop.
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At bootup: After Windows
displays), but before an application launches, the Gate Keeper application checks (for two seconds) to see if
the user selected the appropriate combination of buttons (currently A and D) to request password entry. See
Accessing the Windows® CE Desktop on page 6-3
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While an application is running: Gate Keeper also password protects access to button functionality such
as viewing the System menu while an application is running. See
page 3-5 and
The buttons are mapped to produce the characters 1, 2, 3, 4, Enter, and Escape, as listed in
password screen, enter the desired character sequence and press Enter to submit the password and gain access
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to the Windows desktop. If the password is incorrect, the MK1200 runs the specified user applications.
NOTE When specifying the protected mode password in the RDM or System Menu, enter the password in terms
of the characters mapped by Gate Keeper (1-4), not the alphabetic labels (A-D) used in this document.
The default password is 4,4,2,1,3.
Use the RDM Protected Mode feature (System Configuration/Protected Mode) to set up password protection. See
Protected Mode on page
Button Mappings for Protected Mode
Table 7-4
Button Combo
A and D
A
B
C
D
A and B
C and D
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CE Desktop
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CE desktop. See Accessing the Windows® CE Desktop on page
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CE boots (just after the blue
Table 7-5 on page 7-8 for a list of button functionality.
3-14.
Character / Action
Request Protected Mode
'1'
'2'
'3'
'4'
'Enter' (Return)
'Escape' (Cancel)
Performing System Initialization (Phase 1)
for the procedure.
Setting Defaults Using the System Menu on
Note
Only for 2 seconds after boot
During password entry
During password entry
During password entry
During password entry
During password entry
During password entry
System Features 7 - 7
6-3.
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CE
screen
Table 7-4. On the