Re: Screensaver with logoff option?

From: Andrew Mitchell (amitchell_at_removecasey.vic.gov.au)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 04:00:17 -0700

Jonathan Martin <jmartin@obed.cs.ualberta.ca> said

> Is there a way to set the Win2K screensaver to allow someone to logoff
> the current user?
>
> I have some busy labs to look after. Users are required to lock
> their workstations whenever they are away from their keyboards but are
> also not allowed to hog a workstation. I want to train my users to always
> lock, but I don't want to end up with a lab full of unusable workstations
> while everybody has gone for a two hour lunch.
>
> I want a screensaver (or some other app) that:
> - the user starts the moment they leave the keyboard (must be done
> manually, no delay is acceptable)
> - provides someone else the ability to logoff the current user, preferably
> only after some acceptable delay (eg. 15 minutes)
> - otherwise stays locked indefinitely
>
> Is such a thing possible? If not, how close to my ideal can I get?

Not exactly what you are after, but you could try the WinExit screen saver
that's part of the Windows 2000 server resource kit.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314999&sd=tech
You could use a group policy to make this the only screen saver available on
the machine.

Andy

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