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220-1202 Practice Question: Configure a Windows 10 kiosk machine that runs a…
A technician needs to configure a Windows 10 kiosk machine that runs a single full-screen application for public use. They want to prevent users from accessing the desktop, taskbar, or any other system functions. Which Settings page should they use to set up this restricted user experience?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse the 'Set up a kiosk' feature with Group Policy security settings or user account management, mistakenly thinking that locking down a kiosk requires complex policy edits rather than the simple, built-in Settings wizard.
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Settings > Accounts > Other users > Set up a kiosk
The 'Set up a kiosk' option under Settings > Accounts > Other users is the dedicated Windows 10 feature for configuring an assigned access kiosk. This setting restricts the user to a single full-screen Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app and blocks access to the desktop, taskbar, and other system functions, meeting the exact requirement for a public-facing kiosk.
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Settings > Personalization > Start
Why it's wrong here
Navigating to Settings > Personalization > Start allows users to customize the visual layout and behavior of the Start menu, such as choosing which folders appear, enabling full-screen Start, or managing app list visibility. This section is purely for aesthetic and organizational preferences of the Start menu itself and provides no functionality to restrict a user account to running only a single application in a locked-down kiosk mode.
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Control Panel > User Accounts > Manage User Accounts
Why it's wrong here
The Control Panel's User Accounts > Manage User Accounts utility is primarily used for fundamental user account administration, including creating, deleting, or modifying local user accounts, changing account types (e.g., Standard to Administrator), and resetting passwords. While essential for managing system users, this interface does not offer any built-in features or settings for configuring a dedicated kiosk mode that restricts a user to a single application.
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Settings > Accounts > Other users > Set up a kiosk
Why this is correct
This is the correct and most direct path in Windows 10 for configuring a single-app kiosk. The 'Set up a kiosk' option utilizes the 'Assigned Access' feature, which creates a highly restricted user experience. It allows an administrator to designate a specific user account to run only one Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application in full-screen mode, preventing access to the desktop, Start menu, taskbar, or other system functions, thereby ensuring a true kiosk environment.
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Local Group Policy Editor > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings
Why it's wrong here
While the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) provides extensive granular control over system settings and user environments, including various security policies, it is not the most efficient or direct method for establishing a single-app kiosk. Manually configuring numerous individual policies to achieve the same level of lockdown and single-application restriction as the dedicated 'Assigned Access' feature would be significantly more complex and time-consuming than using the built-in 'Set up a kiosk' option in the Settings app.
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