Screensaver with logoff option?

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Jonathan Martin

Is there a way to set the Win2K screensaver to allow someone to logoff
the current user?

I have some busy labs to look after. Users are required to lock
their workstations whenever they are away from their keyboards but are
also not allowed to hog a workstation. I want to train my users to always
lock, but I don't want to end up with a lab full of unusable workstations
while everybody has gone for a two hour lunch.

I want a screensaver (or some other app) that:
- the user starts the moment they leave the keyboard (must be done
manually, no delay is acceptable)
- provides someone else the ability to logoff the current user, preferably
only after some acceptable delay (eg. 15 minutes)
- otherwise stays locked indefinitely

Is such a thing possible? If not, how close to my ideal can I get?
 
I used one from this company once, worked out well for me
in a high secure environment:

http://www.bgrove.com/index.htm

This comes very close to what you want, and my experience
with the company was good. It's a cottage industry; I was
able to talk to the developer (and CEO!) directly, and he
made a few changes to the program and recompiled it just
for me at no additional charge. This app actually
strenghtens the authentication used by the screen saver
while giving you the control you need.
 
Jonathan Martin said:
Is there a way to set the Win2K screensaver to allow someone to logoff
the current user?

I have some busy labs to look after. Users are required to lock
their workstations whenever they are away from their keyboards but are
also not allowed to hog a workstation. I want to train my users to always
lock, but I don't want to end up with a lab full of unusable workstations
while everybody has gone for a two hour lunch.

I want a screensaver (or some other app) that:
- the user starts the moment they leave the keyboard (must be done
manually, no delay is acceptable)
- provides someone else the ability to logoff the current user, preferably
only after some acceptable delay (eg. 15 minutes)
- otherwise stays locked indefinitely

Is such a thing possible? If not, how close to my ideal can I get?
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Not exactly what you are after, but you could try the WinExit screen saver
that's part of the Windows 2000 server resource kit.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314999&sd=tech
You could use a group policy to make this the only screen saver available on
the machine.


Andy
 
and to immedialy start the screen saver...put a shortcut of the .scr file on
the desktop... ;-)
 
Vivek Ahuja said:
and to immedialy start the screen saver...put a shortcut of the .scr
file on the desktop... ;-)
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I'd use a shortcut to "rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation" on the
dekstop, probably assigned a hotkey of Ctrl-Alt-L in conjunction with the
winexit.scr screensaver.

That way the user hits Ctrl-Alt-L to lock the workstation, then if they don't
return within X minutes the screensaver kicks in and logs them out
completely.


Andy.
 
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