Running a Windows 2000 network. I have set Group policies
on all levels to force users to logoff after a certain
time.

It does not work. If I log off, I am unable to log back
on due to the time restriction, but it does not force me
off at that time. I have all of my network resources.

I checked and my "Force user to logoff how long after
time expires:?" is set to 0. I tried to change it to 2
minutes, and it sticks for a little while but then it goes
back to zero.

Any ideas where the zero is coming down from???

Any ideas on forcing logoffs??

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

Hi Mike.

You need to configure the times that users can logon to the domain in their user
account properties in AD Users and Computers if I understand what you are trying to
accomplish. Note that this will not log them off from their local machine - just the
domain and domain resources. If you want users to logoff after a certain amount of
idle time then you need to configure the screensaver to "lock" the computer after an
amount of idle time. If it has to be logoff, then you need to use winexit.scr from
the Resource Kit or another third party logoff screen saver. Winexit.scr will have to
be configured to close applications automatically however to force a logoff which may
cause data loss and it also needs a registry mod to work with accounts that are not
local administrators. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314999
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318714

"Mike" wrote in message
news:129a01c42648$cf0f1730$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Running a Windows 2000 network. I have set Group policies
> on all levels to force users to logoff after a certain
> time.
>
> It does not work. If I log off, I am unable to log back
> on due to the time restriction, but it does not force me
> off at that time. I have all of my network resources.
>
> I checked and my "Force user to logoff how long after
> time expires:?" is set to 0. I tried to change it to 2
> minutes, and it sticks for a little while but then it goes
> back to zero.
>
> Any ideas where the zero is coming down from???
>
> Any ideas on forcing logoffs??
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

I found this in case anyone is interested.

http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=692

It works for my purposes.

Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mike.
>
>You need to configure the times that users can logon to
the domain in their user
>account properties in AD Users and Computers if I
understand what you are trying to
>accomplish. Note that this will not log them off from
their local machine - just the
>domain and domain resources. If you want users to logoff
after a certain amount of
>idle time then you need to configure the screensaver
to "lock" the computer after an
>amount of idle time. If it has to be logoff, then you
need to use winexit.scr from
>the Resource Kit or another third party logoff screen
saver. Winexit.scr will have to
>be configured to close applications automatically however
to force a logoff which may
>cause data loss and it also needs a registry mod to work
with accounts that are not
>local administrators. --- Steve
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;314999
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;318714
>
>"Mike" wrote in
message
>news:129a01c42648$cf0f1730$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Running a Windows 2000 network. I have set Group
policies
>> on all levels to force users to logoff after a certain
>> time.
>>
>> It does not work. If I log off, I am unable to log back
>> on due to the time restriction, but it does not force me
>> off at that time. I have all of my network resources.
>>
>> I checked and my "Force user to logoff how long after
>> time expires:?" is set to 0. I tried to change it to 2
>> minutes, and it sticks for a little while but then it
goes
>> back to zero.
>>
>> Any ideas where the zero is coming down from???
>>
>> Any ideas on forcing logoffs??
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>
>
>.
>