Re: Force user logoff's in GPO

Howdie!

Johnmac wrote:
hey everyone,
I'm all googled out! does anyone know if there is a way to force/automatically log off a user after x amount of minutes of inactivity in active directory? I looked in GPO and could not find a setting.

I don't know of a method with that you can actually log off the user from the machine and prevent him/her from logging on back. What are you trying to achieve? If you simply want to require the user to unlock the machine after a certain time, you could enable a password-enabled screen saver or have a look at the following policy:

CompConf\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options" and there: "Interactive logon: Require Domain Controller authentication to unlock workstation"

cheers,

Florian
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