force logoff after idle time

[BH]

There must be a way to do this, but I can't find it. I'd
like to implement a policy which forces a user to logoff,
or lock, after a certain amount of idle time. That is:
you're logged in, you have word and outlook running on
your desktop, you walk away to a meeting, and after your
PC sits there for 15 minutes without being touched, it
goes into a "lock workstation" state. It seems essential,
but I can't find the policy choice to do it. Help?

BH

 

[Smelly]

Group Policy ->user configuration ->administrative templates ->Control
Panel ->Dislplay. Activate a screensaver and set it to password protect.
Set the screen saver timeout to 900 seconds. (15 minutes) this will lock
the workstation and force a user to ctrl-alt-dlt and type in their pass when
the screesaver is activated.

 

[omko h]

in the resource kit there is also a tool called logoff.exe. you could define
this as your screensaver.
greets Omko

 

[Guest]

But how to force logoff?

-----Original Message-----
Group Policy ->user configuration ->administrative templates ->Control
Panel ->Dislplay. Activate a screensaver and set it to password protect.
Set the screen saver timeout to 900 seconds. (15 minutes) this will lock
the workstation and force a user to ctrl-alt-dlt and type in their pass when
the screesaver is activated.



.

 

[Matt Hickman]

But how to force logoff?

You can set up a scheduled task that will only be invoked
after the computer has been idle for a set number of minutes.
That task could be a script that logs off the user.

 

[Bruce Musgrove]

Can you distribute a scheduled task using GPO?

<[email protected]> wrote in message

You can set up a scheduled task that will only be invoked
after the computer has been idle for a set number of minutes.
That task could be a script that logs off the user.

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