Asset management, laptops as kiosks

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I'm working with a group that has set aside essentially no budget for security, or even for a new laptop at this point.
 
They do have several Windows 7 laptops. They want to use them both as reduced-capability or locked-down "kiosks" at 
conferences (usually 
locked in a cabinet, but with external monitor/mouse/keyboard attached, so hardware ports are not accessible), and also 
let the staff use them with full capabilities to work when traveling (they may need to update the browser, et cetera).

The organization does already have an Active Directory server setup to authenticate folks when they're working inside 
their firewall, but at conferences, when they need the "kiosk-style" functionality, they might not have reliable 
Internet access. So it sounds like they need accounts on the local machine.

Without having their staff memorize new passwords -- one for each laptop's local account in addition to their Active 
Directory-managed password -- what's a good way for them to use these as dual-purpose machines?

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