Re: How to force logout for a user that has been inactive for one hour?

From: R. McCarty (PcEngWork-NoSpam__at_mindspring.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:53:52 GMT

Part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit has a Logout
Screensaver called Winexit.Scr. I use this on PCs where families
use Fast User Switching and end up in each other's profile.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
news:eaIP45N%23EHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Harald wrote:
>
>> We have a common PC that user some times forget to log out from. I want
>> the user to be logged out automatically if the mouse / keyboard have not
>> been used for X minutes.
>>
>> Maybe it is possible to use the a screensaver that automatically log out,
>> but I also want the screen password protected after 10 minutes.
> Hi
>
> An option is to create a scheduled job on each computer that logs the
> user off or shuts the computer down after a set amount of idle time:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3FB6E343.FB3AE435@hydro.com
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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