![]() The way Respondus works, it sets some things up in the Registry that it leaves behind between launches. You'd think that computers would just know how to open applications, but the registry is integral to that process. In doing so, though, it leaves behind bits and pieces of those blocked paths scattered around your registry. In order to completely stop you from accessing other stuff during an exam, Respondus goes into your registry and manually (supposedly temporarily) stops it from drawing those lines, and it also overlays over your entire screen so that your task bar and windows menu (or app bar on mac) is harder to reach. It's the part of your computer that streamlines basic tasks, like knowing how to open different file types, and drawing the lines from your double-click on an application to the code for that application, and how to read that code. In short, there's a very good reason why this part of your computer is so well-hidden. Respondus requires access to a very well-hidden part of your computer, called the registry, in order to stop you from changing to other windows/applications, or having anything else open. Think r/eli5, but not quite that dumbed-down. ![]() Being a computer science major and knowing that not everyone out there is tech-savvy, I'm going to try to explain it as well as I can, in fairly simple terms that most people should recognize. I'm here to tell you: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE ON YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER. As I'm sure many of you fellow students have noticed, many (or all) of our classes at the U of A this semester are requiring Respondus Lockdown Browser for exams. I'm a junior computer science major at UARK. There are a couple ways to avoid installing it at the bottom of the post. Avoid putting it on your personal computer at all costs. For more information, click here.TLDR Respondus has a very high chance to break your computer to the point of being nearly unusable. Safari, Internet Explorer and the Edge browser all have similar dialogue windows that will appear when you click the “Launch LockDown Browser” button. Once you select “Settings” from the menu, select “Applications” and ensure that the application type “RLDB” is set to be opened by LockDown Browser. You can also click on the “Open Menu” icon, then select “Settings". To check this, in Firefox go to tools options. If Firefox is not automatically starting LockDown Browser when you click on the “Launch LockDown Browser” button, or another app is opening, you may have the wrong application designated. We also recommend selecting the “Remember my choice” option. This will delete the “Don’t open” LockDown Browser designation you may have mistakenly set earlier and should allow the “Launch LockDown Browser” button to work again.įirefox: The first time you use Firefox to click the “Launch LockDown Browser” button, a dialog window will appear. Click the arrow for "restore settings to their original defaults," and then click "reset settings." Select “Settings” in the pull-down list, then type "reset" in the "search settings" window. To fix this in Chrome, click on the “Customize and Control” icon. Clicking on it will have no result whatsoever. If you select the “Remember my choice” option and then you mistakenly select “Don’t Open”, Chrome will remember your choice and the “Launch LockDown Browser” button will no longer work. You will continue to see this dialog every time you click the launch button, unless you also select the “Remember my choice” option.įor Chrome, it’s best to select the “Remember my choice” option and then you must also select the OPEN URL button (Windows) or Open LockDown Browser (Mac). The first time you use your browser to click the “Launch LockDown Browser” button, a dialog window will appear. Depending on the browser you’re using, it’s also possible you designated the wrong app to open the LockDown Browser required exam. If you are seeing nothing happen when you click on the “Launch LockDown Browser” button in your quiz, it’s possible that you may have set your browser to not permit LockDown Browser to open.
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