Auto-Logoff and Screensaver Lock

[Ruteger]

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I have winexit.scr configured to logoff users on a shared PC after 8 hours.
But, I need the PC to also do a screensaver lock if the user walks away from
the PC for say, 10 minutes. So, when they come back to the PC they can unlock
it, and resume working.

I suppose there's no way configure one screensaver to kick-in before the
other? I don't see a way around this dilemma

 

[Guest]

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Ruteger wrote:

> I have winexit.scr configured to logoff users on a shared PC after 8 hours.
> But, I need the PC to also do a screensaver lock if the user walks away from
> the PC for say, 10 minutes. So, when they come back to the PC they can unlock
> it, and resume working.
>
> I suppose there's no way configure one screensaver to kick-in before the
> other? I don't see a way around this dilemma
Hi

As you suspected, two screensavers are not possible.

You could create a scheduled task that starts at user logon and is
configured to kick in at a set amount of idle time. It will then log
off the user (this will take over the job from winexit.scr).

More about this here:
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=3FB6E343.FB3AE435@hydro.com

Then you can configure an ordinary screensaver for the lock after
10 minutes requirement.



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