Re: Unlock workstation without closing session
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 04/14/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:26:23 -0400
The admin does actually have complete control - they can bypass the logged
in session & close it. Regular users can't - except the user who was logged
in & has locked the workstation.
If you have a policy that users have to log out at X o'clock or on a certain
day for maintenance, and you've notified them of same, well, what can you do
but shut them down, sticky-note aside?
Not sure what you're trying to accomplish, based on your post...under what
circumstances do you face this problem?
Sue Brighton wrote:
> Unlock workstation without closing session
>
> For WinNT, Win2000, and WinXP, when a workstation is locked, nobody
> but the person who locked that station (not even an admin) can
> unlock the station. When an administator tries to unlock the station,
> the session will close immediately shutting down all the applications
> that are currently running on the system. This often poses a problem
> for us. We often see yellow stickies asking people not to touch the
> system. Shutting down someones system is simply not an option.
>
> This does not make any sense to me! This, in effect gives a regular
> user more power than an administrator who should have absolute control
> over the system.
>
> Ideally, as an administrator, I would like to be able to truely
> unlock the system. That is, unlock the system without closing the
> session.
>
> Anyone know how or even if this is possible?
>
> Sue
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