Microsoft Shared User Computer Toolkit - Login Time Limits

[rhyder]

I am using the Microsoft Share User Computer Toolkit to manage
computers on a small network. It is a great tool in many respects but
has one perplexing feature. You can set login time limits per user
(eg. automatic logout after 30 minutes) but if the user logs in again
the timer resets to zero and their timer starts again. This means a
user can use a computer for the whole day notwithstanding any login
time limits by simply logging in again. This doesn't seem logical and
makes me wonder what the point of the limit is in the first place.

Can anyone advise how to set up the computer so that the limit is
cumulative i.e. when a user has used up his allocation he can't log in
again.

I have read the user manual thoroughly and there is no reference to
this other than how to set the limits. I know how to limit
permissible login times during the day but this is not a good solution
because I want the users to be able to log in at any time but I don't
want them to hog the computer for the whole day.

I also don't want to use a 3rd party program to manage the computers as
the toolkit is very adequate other than this quirk.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks,

Rhyder

 

[Rock]

I am using the Microsoft Share User Computer Toolkit to manage
computers on a small network. It is a great tool in many respects but
has one perplexing feature. You can set login time limits per user
(eg. automatic logout after 30 minutes) but if the user logs in again
the timer resets to zero and their timer starts again. This means a
user can use a computer for the whole day notwithstanding any login
time limits by simply logging in again. This doesn't seem logical and
makes me wonder what the point of the limit is in the first place.

Can anyone advise how to set up the computer so that the limit is
cumulative i.e. when a user has used up his allocation he can't log in
again.

I have read the user manual thoroughly and there is no reference to
this other than how to set the limits. I know how to limit
permissible login times during the day but this is not a good solution
because I want the users to be able to log in at any time but I don't
want them to hog the computer for the whole day.

I also don't want to use a 3rd party program to manage the computers as
the toolkit is very adequate other than this quirk.

A better place to post questions about the Shared Computer tool kit is:
microsoft.public.windows.sharedaccess

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...8da-fdd6-4dea-955f-c05162349fca&lang=en&cr=us