Re: Restricting logon hours?

From: Jerold Schulman (Jerry_at_jsiinc.com)
Date: 11/23/04


Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:45:21 -0500

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:15:28 -0000, "Richard Garratt" <rgarratt@lopinwagner.co.uk> wrote:

>I have changed the allowed logon hours of users to prevent them logging in
>between midnight and 5 AM (when the back-up runs) and changed the GP under
>
>Computer Configuration-
>Windows Settings-
>Local Policies-
>Security Options-
>Automatically log off users when logon time expires to enabled
>
>But the users are still left logged in when the logon time is not permitted.
>If the user tries to login during this time they cannot but they are able to
>leave their PC's logged in without it having any effect.
>
>
This is actually the designed behavior. The policy does NOT work as named.
See tip 4235 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

See tip 8526 and links in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com



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