auto logoff of administrator level user to free up machine for standard users
on a shared win 7 machine, there are 2 users - 1 has admin rights and the other is a standard user. I want to logoff the admin user after 10 minutes of idle so
a) the standard user doesn't get into the admin files
b) the screen saver kicks in after 5 minutes for the admin so I want the standard user to be able to use the machine
I created a scheduled task to run shutdown /r /t /f, but on what conditions / are conditions AND or OR?
I set 2 conditions -
when idle 10 minutes
when the admin user is logged in
I'm working remotely, so I can't tell if this will work to log off just the admin user after 10 minutes (no need for the standard user to be logged off).
This is a workgroup<<<<< I listed this under SBS to draw on SBS admins knowledge : )
thanks!
a) the standard user doesn't get into the admin files
b) the screen saver kicks in after 5 minutes for the admin so I want the standard user to be able to use the machine
I created a scheduled task to run shutdown /r /t /f, but on what conditions / are conditions AND or OR?
I set 2 conditions -
when idle 10 minutes
when the admin user is logged in
I'm working remotely, so I can't tell if this will work to log off just the admin user after 10 minutes (no need for the standard user to be logged off).
This is a workgroup<<<<< I listed this under SBS to draw on SBS admins knowledge : )
thanks!
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if you want to logoff session, make a scheduled task.
If you want to lock screen, configure it with screensaver option and ajust time like you want.
If you want to lock screen, configure it with screensaver option and ajust time like you want.
logoff - right - that's what I want. But how to do it
a) only for the admin
b) after x minutes of being idle
a) only for the admin
b) after x minutes of being idle
And how would you have it log in as the standard user (which has a password)?
I guess reboot rather than logoff? because then you can set control userpasswords2 to log in a certain user, entering the password for them.
but reboot takes longer than logging off.
I guess reboot rather than logoff? because then you can set control userpasswords2 to log in a certain user, entering the password for them.
but reboot takes longer than logging off.
for a ) see Screen A
For b) see screen B
When administrator session was logoff, Windows prompts for a username or password .
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For b) see screen B
When administrator session was logoff, Windows prompts for a username or password .
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they decided not to do this. thanks for your comments!
they decided not to do this. thanks for your comments!
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idle 10 minutes
when connection to user session,
how about just
on workstation lock
for just that user? but the delay time is only 1 min or 30 min... any way to change it to something else?