Re: RWW - log off after timeout?

Thanks Merv, I'd never heard of this software before! I looked into an
article on shadowing an XP Remote session but boy it was fugly... If I can't
work out the logoff, this will be very helpful! I'd rather get the logoff
working, though, so that if user A leaves a machine locked on Friday night
User B can still get in on Saturday without interrupting my weekend <grin>

I found this article, which will logoff using a screensaver, rather than
locking the machine:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314999

However, I can't implement this on the in-house folks - only the RWW
connections.

Next step - how can I set a policy to set the user's screensaver to the
winexit.scr if the user logged on via Remote Desktop, and to whatever's in
their profile if logged in locally?

<digs deeper>
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SusanV

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I normally install TightVNC (www.tightvnc.com, a remote control program) on
each workstation and put only the "listener" portion on the SBS server.
From the server, this allows me to access their workstation session and
"look over their shoulder" to see if there is any activity. If there
appears to be no activity, I can then log them off from within the TightVNC
user interface, then close the TightVNC session.

You can also look for activity in these two places in the Server
Management Console, although I'm convinced this 100% reliable as I've seen
a few times when the info at this places was not accurate. (This is where
VNC comes in handy).

Server Management | Advanced Management | Computer Management | System
Tools | Shared Folders | Sessions
Server Management | Advanced Management | Computer Management | System
Tools | Shared Folders | Open Files

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"SusanV" <svanallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have 2 PCs setup for users who are out of the office to connect to via
RWW in order to transfer files or whatever, all is working fine, however
sometimes a remote user will "forget" to log off, leaving the machine
locked. I can unlock it by forcing a logoff, but I hate to do this as I
can't tell whether the user is actually active or simply left the session
open - on a couple of occasions I've bumped a user who was in the middle
of something during a time they are not normally logged on, and needless
to say they weren't best pleased.

Is there a way to force a RWW session to log the user off after a set
time of inactivity?

Failing that, is there a way to check if the user is active before
bumping them?

I know this is more of a "training" issue, but some refuse to be trained
<g>

TIA,

SusanV





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