RE: Windows XP Automatic Log-off in SBS 2003 Domain
- From: v-yanniw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Jenny wu")
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:23:07 GMT
Hi Jason,
Thanks for posting here.
>From your description, I understand that you want to automatically log the
user off of a workstation after a specified time period. If I am off base,
please don't hesitate to let me know.
The Logoff of the user will lead to lost data, since the operation will
force programs to quit even if the programs contain unsaved data. That is a
very unsafe operation, so Windows will set a very strict safety strategy on
logoff operation. When a user logs on and locks the machine, only
administrators and the user themselves are able to unlock the machine or
logoff.
Since those machines are shared, you need not lock them. I suggest that you
cancel those machines that run an automatic Screen Saver to lock machines.
Please follow the steps to complement it:
1. Create an OU and Add the shared machines into the OU.
2. Apply the Screen Saver Timeout group policy on the OU to set the screen
saver that is unable to be launched.
Also, Windows 2000 Resource Kit provides a tool that you can use to
automatically quit a user's programs and to log the user off of the
workstation. You can manually set logoff time and logoff notify time in the
workstations.
Please follow the steps to configure the Winexit.scr Screen Saver:
---------------------------------------------
1. Use Windows Explorer to locate the Winexit.scr file in the Windows 2000
Resource Kit folder on your hard disk.
2. Right-click the Winexit.scr file, and then click Install.
3. The Display Properties dialog box appears with the Screen Saver tab
active. The Logoff Screen Saver entry is automatically selected. Click
Settings.
4. Select the "Force application termination" check box to force programs
to quit.
5. In the "Countdown for <n> seconds" box, type the number of seconds for
which the logoff dialog box appears before the user is logged off.
6. In the Logoff Message box, type the message that appears during the
logoff countdown. Click OK.
7. In the Display Properties dialog box, click Preview.
8. You see the Auto Logoff dialog box. It displays the logoff message and
the countdown timer. Click Cancel.
9. Click OK.
*Note:
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The "Force application termination" option forces programs to quit even if
the programs contain unsaved data. If you do not use this option, programs
that contain unsaved data do not quit and the user is not logged off. It is
a good idea to set your corporate policy to automatically save user
documents if you use the "Force application termination" option.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if any of the above information is
unclear.
Have a good weekend!
Best Regards,
Jenny Wu
Microsoft Windows Online Support
>I manage a SBS 2003 Doamin with 50+ Windows XP machines. I have Screen
Saver
>to automaticlly turn on after 10 minutes the require a pasword. The
problem
>is that there are a few machines that are shared and when the user leaves
and
>forgets to log-off the screensaver activates and only the logged-in user
or
>myself(Administrator) can unlock the screensaver to allow someone else to
>login and the use the machine. Is there away to allow any user to log-off
>the user and login or have the machine automatclly log-off after logon
hours
>expire?
.
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