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Auto logoff in Win 2000/2003 environment

I am wondering how I might set a policy for only a few machines (Win 2k and Win XP desktops) to auto logoff after some idle time period. I currently have a policy that auto locks after some idle time for the whole domain, but I want to logoff certain machines (conference rooms, public machines, etc...) and keep the auto lock feature company wide.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Brian

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Implement the WinExt screensaver via group policy to the machines you want it to apply to (note: you'll need to enable loopback processing since you want a user setting to apply to computers).

http://www.tburke.net/info/reskittools/topics/winexit.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/Default.asp?url=/Resources/Documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/techref/en-us/winexit.asp

BJKleber

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Thanks for the fast reply.

I currently have a group policy in place under the Admin templates in Display. I have the Screensaver options enabled and this works well for locking all machines in the AD. I would like to keep this screensaver lock in place, but also have a second policy specific to 4 - 6 machines in the AD that auto logs them off.

Any thoughts on creating a second policy that fires before the global one and only for several machines?

I appreciate the help.

Thanks,
Brian

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