Auto Logoff

[Chris Anderson]

I am attempting to have a group of XP machines autologoff
after 15 minutes of time. I would like to do it through
a Group Policy on a 2000 server. I am willing to go to
each workstation if that is the only way possible. I
don't want to use the screen saver and password, nor do I
want to autolock the machine. If I use either of those,
only the person with the password could unlock the
machine. Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please visit the Group Policy experts:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.group_policy

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am attempting to have a group of XP machines autologoff
| after 15 minutes of time. I would like to do it through
| a Group Policy on a 2000 server. I am willing to go to
| each workstation if that is the only way possible. I
| don't want to use the screen saver and password, nor do I
| want to autolock the machine. If I use either of those,
| only the person with the password could unlock the
| machine. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply to visit the group policy forum.

I believe this still falls under Administration and
Security.

It is an Administration policy, based on Security

If anyone else has any ideas I would greatly appreciate
it.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I am attempting to have a group of XP machines autologoff
after 15 minutes of time. I would like to do it through
a Group Policy on a 2000 server. I am willing to go to
each workstation if that is the only way possible. I
don't want to use the screen saver and password, nor do I
want to autolock the machine. If I use either of those,
only the person with the password could unlock the
machine. Thanks.

Hi

There is no GPO for this, here is a couple of other ways to do it:

A)

Winexit.scr in the Win2k3 Server RK kit (will work on Win2k and WinXP at least)

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

(The kit will install on WinXP or later, or you can unpack it with WinZip or
similar)

If the users are non-admins on the local computer you must add Set Value and
Create Subkey permissions for the group Everyone on this registry key:
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion

How can I use the WinExit screen saver without granting Admin rights?
http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBC/tip1100/rh1179.htm

Logoff Screen Saver Does Not Function in Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;156677



B)

You could create a scheduled job on each computer that logs the user off after
a set amount of idle time:

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