Re: default idle logoff policy?

From: Javier Gomez [SBS MVP] (javier_gomez_at_remove.this.engineer.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:13:52 -0400

Hi Jordan!

Your problem is very weird. AFAIK-> No group policy exists that forces a
logoff in the way you described. Without 3rd party tools you can only force
a screensaver with a password (locked out).

If I were you... I would check the logs to see if this was in fact a logoff
(and who initiated it). Maybe its a virus/trojan or something. 

-- 
Javier [SBS MVP]
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"Jordan Peterson" <email@example.com> wrote in message 
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> Javier Gomez [SBS MVP] wrote:
>
>> Maybe you are getting locked out (as opposed to logged off) because you 
>> have the screensaver asking for a password on resume?
>
> This is happenning on all workstations.  There is no screensaver enabled 
> on any of them.
>
> If it were simply locking the workstation, all apps that had been running 
> would still be running after re-entering the password, and it would come 
> up immediately.  But this is a complete logoff, with a pull-down list for 
> the choice of domain or local machine to logon to, and it runs the logon 
> script again after entering the password.
>
> Does anyone know whether a forced logoff after a specific amount of idle 
> time is a configurable group policy, or otherwise set on a domain-wide 
> level somewhere within SBS?
>
> Jordan

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