log out of xp after inactivity

[jatman]

is it possible to set windows xp to log out users after a certain amount of
inactivity.

example. user is logged on, but leaves the terminal. if there is no
activity for 30 minutes, the user gets logged out.

jat

 

[Shenan Stanley]

is it possible to set windows xp to log out users after a certain
amount of inactivity.

example. user is logged on, but leaves the terminal. if there is
no activity for 30 minutes, the user gets logged out.

Yes.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

is it possible to set windows xp to log out users after a certain
amount of inactivity.

example. user is logged on, but leaves the terminal. if there is
no activity for 30 minutes, the user gets logged out.

Yes.

In case one was to infer you wanted examples/ways to do this too...
;-)

How To Force Users to Quit Programs and Log Off After a Period of Inactivity
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314999

Same thing, different place:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/winexit.htm

A program with a few extra options:
http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/WinOFF.php

Another application that will do it:
http://www.winability.com/active-exit/

There are dozens of these. A Google search can find just about all of them.

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example search:
Windows XP log off a user after a period of inactivity
http://www.google.com/search?&q=Windows+XP+log+off+a+user+after+a+period+of+inactivity

Good luck! Hope you find the solution you need!

 

[Anteaus]

I thought about doing this on one LAN to counteract the problem of machines
being left on overnight, but the issue is that the negligent user will almost
always have left files open as well.

You then have the Hobson's choice of losing that data, or else forcibly
saving-over the original. Neither is terribly clever. The later could be a
big problem if the user has opened a standard document and heavily modified
it, intending to save under a new name.

 

[jatman]

yes, the examples were required.

thank you,

jat

 

[Shenan Stanley]

is it possible to set windows xp to log out users after a certain
amount of inactivity.

example. user is logged on, but leaves the terminal. if there is
no activity for 30 minutes, the user gets logged out.

Yes.

In case one was to infer you wanted examples/ways to do this too...
;-)

How To Force Users to Quit Programs and Log Off After a Period of
Inactivity in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314999

Same thing, different place:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/winexit.htm

A program with a few extra options:
http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/WinOFF.php

Another application that will do it:
http://www.winability.com/active-exit/

There are dozens of these. A Google search can find just about
all of them.

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example search:
Windows XP log off a user after a period of inactivity
http://www.google.com/search?&q=Windows+XP+log+off+a+user+after+a+period+of+inactivity

Good luck! Hope you find the solution you need!

yes, the examples were required.

Don't know that they were 'required' - but I thought I might include them
anyway. ;-P