[THIN] Re: Auto locking workstations (thin or fat), survey
- From: Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:52:23 -0500
How are you locking the workstation when the screen saver comes on?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:14 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Auto locking workstations (thin or fat), survey
We have a policy set up in Active Directory that locks the workstation
when the screen saver comes on. The screen saver does not have to be
password protected (in fact we have a policy that keeps users from
setting a screen saver password). No additional software needs to be
installed.
Hope this helps
Jeff
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-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:05 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Auto locking workstations (thin or fat), survey
As far as I know, the only way to automatically lock a Windows NT, 2000,
or
XP workstation after XX amount of idle time is by utilizing the screen
saver. The problem this now institues is that the administrator has no
way
to override the screensaver password if he should need access to the
computer, except for a reboot of the system. This could mean lost data.
What I'd like to find out is:
1) Do admins think the auto locking via screensaver and the 2 problems
that
it cause are really problems at all (administrator can't get into system
without rebooting and the subsequent potential data loss to users file)
2) If there was something that would automatically send a ctrl-alt-del +
enter to the lock the workstation, would you invest in it if it had a
minimal cost associated? Realizing, that if you ctrl-alt-del lock a
workstation, you could get in as an Administrator w/o a reboot but the
user
would still loose data, however, if you had all your users password (for
one
reason or another) you could get in without data loss.
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