suspend a user session after some idle time

Dear All,

Can you please tell me how to suspend a user's session after 1 hour of idle
time. This is because if one user leaves his workstation without logging off
and goes home, the workstation gets locked after some time and if a new user
comes to use that pc he cannot login because the pc is locked by another user.

IF this can be achieved via group policy, kindly tell me the settings and
where to apply it, i.e. on user's ou or computer's ou.

Thanks and Regards,

--
Haroon Malik

Systems Engineer

"Haroon Malik" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1A0B85D3-D978-4544-9209-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear All,
>
> Can you please tell me how to suspend a user's session after 1 hour of
idle
> time. This is because if one user leaves his workstation without logging
off
> and goes home, the workstation gets locked after some time and if a new
user
> comes to use that pc he cannot login because the pc is locked by another
user.
>
> IF this can be achieved via group policy, kindly tell me the settings and
> where to apply it, i.e. on user's ou or computer's ou.

Two options:

1. Train the user to not go home and leave his machine logged in.

OR

2. Turn off the "lock" in the screen saver so that it doesn lock the
machine.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

Where can i turn off the lock in the screen saver. I already have a screen
saver applied on all the computers, but there is no lock option.
--
Haroon Malik

Systems Engineer


"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> "Haroon Malik" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1A0B85D3-D978-4544-9209-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Can you please tell me how to suspend a user's session after 1 hour of
> idle
> > time. This is because if one user leaves his workstation without logging
> off
> > and goes home, the workstation gets locked after some time and if a new
> user
> > comes to use that pc he cannot login because the pc is locked by another
> user.
> >
> > IF this can be achieved via group policy, kindly tell me the settings and
> > where to apply it, i.e. on user's ou or computer's ou.
>
> Two options:
>
> 1. Train the user to not go home and leave his machine logged in.
>
> OR
>
> 2. Turn off the "lock" in the screen saver so that it doesn lock the
> machine.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
>
>

It is the "password requirement" on the Screensaver Settings.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

"Haroon Malik" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B828C210-D9E0-4521-8FBF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Where can i turn off the lock in the screen saver. I already have a screen
> saver applied on all the computers, but there is no lock option.
> --
> Haroon Malik
>
> Systems Engineer
>
>
> "Phillip Windell" wrote:
>
> > "Haroon Malik" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:1A0B85D3-D978-4544-9209-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > Can you please tell me how to suspend a user's session after 1 hour of
> > idle
> > > time. This is because if one user leaves his workstation without
logging
> > off
> > > and goes home, the workstation gets locked after some time and if a
new
> > user
> > > comes to use that pc he cannot login because the pc is locked by
another
> > user.
> > >
> > > IF this can be achieved via group policy, kindly tell me the settings
and
> > > where to apply it, i.e. on user's ou or computer's ou.
> >
> > Two options:
> >
> > 1. Train the user to not go home and leave his machine logged in.
> >
> > OR
> >
> > 2. Turn off the "lock" in the screen saver so that it doesn lock the
> > machine.
> >
> > --
> > Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> > www.wandtv.com
> >
> >
> >