log off inactive users in windows server 2003??

Question

Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to log a user off the system if they are inactive for say 30 minutes from the windows 2003 server?? If so, how would this be done

Thanks,

Danny

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. Just change the session timeout settings in terminal services.

Answer 2

Not sure about doing this in an automated fashion but you can use Terminal Services Manager and locate the idle users to log them out. The only caution I would make is that I don't know if this gracefully shuts down their applications. I'd hate to close out a user to find that they lost a significant amount of work.

Answer 3

I use a Small Business Server to do this very thing. If you add each of the users to the server then the AD will construct a user "Home" folder. This is what I am assuming you want them to have access to. Then when each User browse the network, they should see the server (in Network Places) and then be able to click on the "Users" folder. This will expand and show all of the names. Now, to get that to resemble a drive, in Explorer, click up at the top "Tools" and then click on "Map a Drive". Then browse to the user folder as before and click on it. That should map the folder as a drive. Hope this helps!