You can setup in GPO to lock the computer after a certain amount of time and then setup a scheduled task to use the shutdown.exe command to turn the computer off.
_____________________________ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down Industrial espionage? Don't know your industry or circumstances, but if they're important enough that "you can't force them to do so" then they are important enough to have access to critical and sensitive information that they leave accessible for anyone whenever they're out of the office. At the minimum he should be locking the computer when he leaves, or configure the screen saver via GPO to lock the workstation. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Levicki <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I've got a user who doesn't want to log off let alone shut down their computer. They claim that it takes too long and they haven't got time to wait to log on again or start up. They're important enough that I can't force them to do so, but I'm worried about possible problems. The only detrimental effects that I can think of are added power consumption and ticket expiration. Can anybody else think of any other pitfalls or even have any experience of this and how did you deal with it? Thanks, Andrew ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
