Auto log out possible?

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/25/04


Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:40:19 -0800

you can logout from a command prompt, with "shutdown" I
think. Which means you can create a batch file to do it,
which means you can put it in the task scheduler and
activate if the computer is idle for 5 min or more.

>-----Original Message-----
>Greets.
>
>In some places on the VPN, my users share a computer.
Being pilots, they are
>not very technically inclined, so they always forget to
log out.
>
>Is there a way to log out an account automatically after
a given period of
>inactivity?
>
>BR,
>Magnus
>
>
>.
>



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