Re: User lockout and then Auto Logoff

From: Derek Melber [MVP] (derekm_at_braincore.net)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:53:35 -0700

I could really use this myself. How do you create a scheduled task based on
idle time? Also, if the user comes back at 7 hours and 45 minutes, will they
only have 15 minutes to use their computer? If not, how do you configure the
task to stop, if the computer is no longer idle? 

-- 
Derek Melber
"purplehaz" <software@for.me> wrote in message
news:uX3kl0W9DHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Yup, no prob.
> First you need to make a shortcut to log off with the time coutdown
warning.
> Create a new shortcut and point it here:
> %windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -l -t 120 -c "Windows will Log Off in 2
> minutes. Close any open programs."
>
> You can change the time to any seconds you want and customize the message
as
> well.
> Then create a scheduled task with your desired idle time(8 hours) and have
> it run the log off shortcut at the idle time.
>
> So you can use the screen saver to lock the workstation, then the
scheduled
> task will run the log off shortcut at the desired idle time you set.
>
> BTW - you can also create a shortcut for locking the work station if you
> don't want to use the screen saver. It's shortcut would point to:
> %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
>
> Peter Parker wrote:
> > I need to make our XP Pro workstations Lock after a certain amount of
> > time (say 10 min) and then after a certain amount of time of
> > inactivity logoff (say 8 hours). I know how to the screensaver
> > password protect that's easy. The only thing I found for the Auto
> > logoff is winexit.scr but I can't set the time that long (28800 sec).
> > Is there a way to do this in a two tier process? By this use the
> > normal screensaver lock that just before the logoff time comes up
> > give like a two minute warning countdown? Also need to do force app
> > termination
>
>

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