Kiosk Mode for a Museum Exhibit

I am helping to put together a museum exhibit and need some help with getting my Surface Pro 2 into Kiosk mode. The hope is that I will be able to have a flocking tutorial on the surface pro 2 and have visitors be able to manipulate the tutorial and view
it on the tablet. However, I need to make sure that the visitor cannot navigate away from the screen. Currently, the tutorial is on an 'executable JAR file" and it's working great. My question is, how can I prevent the visitor from using the tablet for
any other reason other than the flocking tutorial on the file? It's not a matter of just restricting access but entirely blocking access to the desktop, app, internet, everything.  The museum doesn't have the staff to make sure that the tablet is always
opened to the file. I need to make sure that the screen never leaves the file. When I use the family settings and restricting access, it will prevent the user from being able to use an app, or search the internet, but it will have a screen that says access
is blocked. I need to make sure that the security screen that states that the access is blocked doesn't even come up. In other words,
I need to make sure that the only thing the tablet can be used for is this tutorial. I would like to be able to use the tablet normally after the exhibit is taken down.
I don't know much about programming.  I have been trying to work with the tech reps at Microsoft but no one has been able to help me and they suggested that I try this forum.
Please help!  I need to get this figured out this week because we are installing the exhibit next week.
Thanks!

Hi Daniela,
Have you tried the following;
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hyperyash/archive/2013/10/25/enable-kiosk-mode-in-windows-8-1.aspx
Try this and give me a heads up if you need any further assistance
With compliments Alexander Solaat Rødland SURFACE 2 Pro 256gb

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