Re: How to kick a user off the network

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From: Oli Restorick [MVP] (oli_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/12/04

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    Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:35:06 +0100

    Hi Karl

    If you know the computer name or IP address of the machine(s) the user is
    logged in on, you can use pskill (part of PSTools from www.sysinternals.com)
    to remotely kill the winlogon.exe process.

    This will cause the machine to reboot.

    Regards

    Oli

    "Karl" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:1b4ec01c44fc6$adc90d90$a401280a@phx.gbl...
    >I need to know how to kick a user off the network, I know
    > I can disconnect a user through Active Directory, but that
    > doesn't get a immediate reaction. I am running a Windows
    > 2003 server platform with mainly XP clients. I had a user
    > who brought a virus into the network through his computer,
    > when I told him to shut down, he didn't do it immediately.

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