Auto logoff

[Ther Richardson]

I am trying to find out if MS kept the old feature in Win NT4 Server that
allowed a user with sufficient privileges to prevent auto logoff.
As I recall in NT4 Server, you could set the user to be logged off at say 8
pm, but users could also be allowed to either prevent the logoff snooze the
logoff or log back in after the logoff.

I would like to disconnect all the workstations from my network at say 9 PM
each night, but occasionally directors will be working until the wee hours,
and if I knock them off they are going to pitch a fit

 

[Steven Umbach]

You can configure the appropriate security policy [local/domain/OU] in security
settings/local policies/security options - automatically logoff users when time
expires. This is a "computer" configuration setting which means that you will
have to exempt their computers from having logon hours enforced or configure
their user accounts to not have logon restrictions. --- Steve

 

[Ther Richardson]

Steve,
Thanks for the tip, but the local machines are Win 98 boxes. Is there no
other way to mimic the way that the old NT4 settings worked?

You can configure the appropriate security policy [local/domain/OU] in security
settings/local policies/security options - automatically logoff users when time
expires. This is a "computer" configuration setting which means that you will
have to exempt their computers from having logon hours enforced or configure
their user accounts to not have logon restrictions. --- Steve

I am trying to find out if MS kept the old feature in Win NT4 Server that
allowed a user with sufficient privileges to prevent auto logoff.
As I recall in NT4 Server, you could set the user to be logged off at say 8
pm, but users could also be allowed to either prevent the logoff snooze the
logoff or log back in after the logoff.

I would like to disconnect all the workstations from my network at say 9 PM
each night, but occasionally directors will be working until the wee hours,
and if I knock them off they are going to pitch a fit

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I don't believe so. I think you will have to decide whether or not to have logon
restrictions on those accounts. --- Steve

Steve,
Thanks for the tip, but the local machines are Win 98 boxes. Is there no
other way to mimic the way that the old NT4 settings worked?

You can configure the appropriate security policy [local/domain/OU] in security
settings/local policies/security options - automatically logoff users when time
expires. This is a "computer" configuration setting which means that you will
have to exempt their computers from having logon hours enforced or configure
their user accounts to not have logon restrictions. --- Steve

I am trying to find out if MS kept the old feature in Win NT4 Server that
allowed a user with sufficient privileges to prevent auto logoff.
As I recall in NT4 Server, you could set the user to be logged off at say 8
pm, but users could also be allowed to either prevent the logoff snooze the
logoff or log back in after the logoff.

I would like to disconnect all the workstations from my network at say 9 PM
each night, but occasionally directors will be working until the wee hours,
and if I knock them off they are going to pitch a fit