On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Levicki <[email protected]> wrote:
> They claim that it takes too long and
> they haven't got time to wait to log on
> again or start up.

  So let them stay logged in.  That's what I normally do.  I've often
got over a dozen windows open, some with dozens of documents/tabs.  I
don't want to have to shut all that stuff down every day.

> The only detrimental effects that I can think of are
> added power consumption ...

  Power consumption can be easily addressed with power management.
Have the computer shut off monitor and hard disks when idle.  That
alone will save big power, and wake up is still nearly instantaneous.
If you want to save more, have it go into standby (suspend-to-RAM)
after like two idle hours.  That will still wake up fairly quickly,
while using very little power.

> ... ticket expiration.

  ???  You mean Kerberos?  The computer should automatically renew
tickets as needed.

> Can anybody else think of any other pitfalls or even have any experience of
> this and how did you deal with it?

  If you're depending on roaming profile sync to protect user data,
profiles only get sync'ed at logoff.  If there was nothing else going
on, I'd script something to force a logoff/reboot periodically.  But
thanks to Microsoft's monthly updates, I figure that takes care of it
for me.  ;-)

-- Ben

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