Yes you can, you can edit the text file on each PC and name the field differently. But for the SQL Update command I need to specify a WHERE clause, identifying the row to use. If the table has only one row then that’s not a problem though.

Using an SQL DB along with it is quite easy to implement. What I can do is expand the program to read some data about the server from another textfile or hardcode it. The program can then connect to the DB and set the field accordingly. I prefer the method of reading critical server data from a text file so that you can change these settings yourself in case you ever change the server or something. All the program needs to know is the server name, database name, table name and field name. I don’t need to know these things, you can enter them yourselves, but I do need to know whether I can use a trusted connection or a username/password combination?

Okay I made some progress. I’m still have to find a way to intercept the Windows key to prevent access to the start menu though.

Some instructions for this version:

After installation is complete go to the installation folder and edit the file ‘info.rtf’ with MS Word or Windows Wordpad to suit your needs. This is the text displayed on the start page.

There is also a file called ‘pw.file’. You can open this with Notepad or any other plain text editor. This file contains the MD5 hash for the shutdown password. You can generate a valid hash for your password on http://www.allhype.co.uk/tools/md5/. Just type your password and click button to generate the hash. Copy the result into the file on the first line (!) and save it. This is the best security I can offer in this short period of time :) Cracking an MD5 hash is not easy though and one has to resort to brute forcing so I guess it will suffice for this purpose.

Please try it out so far and let me know what you think.