Re: 2 - Windows Server 2003 questions

From: Tim Sanderson (trsandersonii_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:10:38 -0500

> 1. There are 2 machines in the hospital with multiple users accessing the
> network. On these 2 machines only I would like to set a configuration
> somewhere that would function like this: If the logged in user walks away
> and does not logoff, after 5 minutes the session would terminate and the
> Windows login screen would once again appear - ready for the next user.
> None of the network users are using Terminal Services. This would be for
a
> standard login to the domain. Is this possible or am I dreaming?

I remember a screen saver in the Win2K or NT4 resource kit that
automatically logged off the user when it ran. It would seem to satisfy your
needs.

> 2. There are about 6 users on the network which should NOT have Internet
> access. In their user profile is there a way to prevent them access to
> Internet Explorer? I can't set this on the local machine itself because
> others who will login from the same machine ARE allowed Internet access.

You are trying to implement per-user internet access. This is best done with
a proxy server. Sure you can try to prevent access to browsers but if they
are savvy users it will be a battle. Use a proxy.

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