How to log ppl off after X minutes

[LuckyTaxi]

A lot of my users stay logged in, therfore, students can gain access to their files. Either they are too lazy or just forget to log off. How can I set a time limit after there is no activity for 10 minutes or so?

 

[networkman]

Failing finding a logoff setting, you could set the Screen Saver to kick in at 10 minutes and have it Lock the PC.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Originally posted by: networkman
Failing finding a logoff setting, you could set the Screen Saver to kick in at 10 minutes and have it Lock the PC.

Won't work effectively. Teacher walks away and now no one can log in cuz he/she forgets to log off and screen saver kicks in. This will work for those who have a permanent computer but not faculty members who float around from room to room.

 

[networkman]

Reset should work fine.

Seriously though, you're probably SOL, not because there isn't a solution but because the staff won't allow it. What we got at my work was staff that got upset because open applications would get closed, files not saved, etc. Believe it or not, remembering to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and lock or logoff the PC was "too hard to remember." So, it's basically just a matter of time until something bad happens. :roll:

I've been able to educate some of the users by showing them examples of what can happen, but still I get resistance from staff.

 

[TGS]

You need a terminal server. Have a computer logged into the local machine with a local user, and force them to use ther terminal server for app access for the floaters. Put a session timeout on the terminal server. Won't lock anyone out from the desktop, and you can have a timeout per session of inactivity.

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[jfunk]

In my school district, we used an app to do a restart after an hour of idle time, but the teachers had a fit and the super made us turn it off. They actually walked in with some calculation of the amount of wasted hours per month based on time spent typing their passwords in again to login. It was pathetic. They actually stated that it took them an "average of 45 seconds" to type their 8 character username and password into the computer. Also, a class period is only 42 minutes, so at 1 hour, they would have had to go a whole class and a half without so much as touching the mouse or keyboard for this to kick in.

They constantly leave their machines logged in, often with their gradebooks open and wonder why they lose the info in their gradebooks and attendance program all the time.

Of course I guess it doesn't matter since many of them set their passwords to "12345" because it is "rediculous" that they should be expected to remember passwords and it "isn't in their contract".

Never seen a group of individuals that average such obnoxious attitudes and low IQs as teachers. I'm not sure how the decent human beings among them can handle it, at least I only have to be around them in small doses. It's the most bizzare setting I've ever worked in. The teachers are far worse behaved than the students.



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[islandtechengineers]

I briefly searched and couldn?t come up with anything for each individual machine. There are third party programs that allow you to auto log off (just as some have stated); I?m a little curious, couldn?t you set that feature through your server? Or at least set the user names/sessions to expire after an x amount of time?

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: networkman
Reset should work fine.

Seriously though, you're probably SOL, not because there isn't a solution but because the staff won't allow it. What we got at my work was staff that got upset because open applications would get closed, files not saved, etc. Believe it or not, remembering to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and lock or logoff the PC was "too hard to remember." So, it's basically just a matter of time until something bad happens. :roll:

I've been able to educate some of the users by showing them examples of what can happen, but still I get resistance from staff.

Teach them to use Windows Key + L That will lock the PC, maybe you could install additional software to make it a 1 click button to logoff as well?

I know you shouldn't have to but having worked with people like that, if you can save them 2 seconds they seem very happy