Re: WinNT/2000 screen saver with password and Logoff?

From: David Matten (david@spambitbucket.xyris.com)
Date: 08/18/02 

From: "David Matten" <david@spambitbucket.xyris.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:09:58 GMT

In the intended environment, if the person didn't save their work before
they walked away, that's tough luck. If logout is forced, and only user
programs are killed, I don't see why the registry should be corrupted.
Explorer often needs to be killed, with no visible after affects. However,
the behavior you describe re unlocking by an administrator sounds like what
I want. But I can't give the users blanket Administrator rights. Perhaps
setting up a group that has only rights to force logout? Is there any such
thing? Power cycle is undesirable in this circumstance.

<nospam.please@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
news:ajjjrm$bis$1@pulp.srv.ualberta.ca...
> In addition, if someone other than the user unlocks it (i.e. an
> administrator), it logs them off without the chance to save any work in
> programs that are open. Of course, if a user locks a session on a public
> computer that is shared with other users and leaves files open for longer
> than a few minutes, they may get what they deserve.
> You could just press the reset or power button on the computer and get
about
> the same effect (or worse).
> UNIX can allow this sort of thing more easily because it usually doesn't
leave
> files open in an unsaved state as much as Windows does (and everything
> isn't piled into a single registry file to get corrupted).
>
> In article <ulqg1a3khm63b8@corp.supernews.com>, "Bruce Chambers"
> <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net> wrote:
> |Greetings --
> |
> | So, essentially, you're looking for a way to circumvent WinNT/2K's
> |security model? Password-protected screensavers are built in to both
> |operating systems. But, for obvious security reasons, only the
currently
> |logged in user or someone trusted with administrative privileges, can
unlock
> |the workstation. I don't think you'll find what you're looking for.
> |
> |HTH&GL,
> |
> |Bruce Chambers
> |__
> |Always store beer in a dark place. -- RAH
> |
> |
> |"David Matten" <david@spambitbucket.xyris.com> wrote in message
> |news:gGa79.15291$Ep6.1202942@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> |> I have looked for this animal, but have not found it. I want a screen
> |saver
> |> that will lock and prompt for a password after it activates, but allow
a
> |new
> |> user to logoff the previous user if they don't know the password. I
have
> |> seen this in UNIX cluster environments, but cannot find it for
Windows.
> |>
> |> Anyone ever heard of one?
> |>
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