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1.  Brian  
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 More options Apr 6 2008, 1:54 pm
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From: Brian <Br...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:54:02 -0700
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Subject: Force RDP idle timeout
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I have some users that regularly refuse to log off their RDP sessions and
leave me wondering at midnight whether they are still working when I need to
do a server update.

Is there a way to force an idle timeout for RDP? All PC's are XP Pro in a
Windows 2003 domain.

I would like to impose a 1-hour-idle force-logoff for RDP sessions (except
for administrators, just to throw a wrinkle into the matter - all the other
users are just Users or Power Users). I don't want the force-logoff to apply
to me as a system admin.

I know the server-side AD user profiles has user-level session settings, but
I do not know if this can be made to apply to their station RDP logins or
just true TS logons. Also, I have seen the Session settings fail to log users
off (or perhaps just fail to detect idle time correctly).


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2.  Robert L. (MS-MVP)  
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 More options Apr 6 2008, 5:48 pm
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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 16:48:07 -0500
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Subject: Re: Force RDP idle timeout
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Sure, you can setup group policy. This how to may help.

Setup TS Group PolicyHow to Setup Terminal Services Group Policy Objects for
Windows 2003 and XP ... Set time limit for active sessions. •. Set time
limit for idle sessions ...
      www.howtonetworking.com/grouppolicy/tsgp4.htm

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3.  Sooner Al [MVP]  
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From: "Sooner Al [MVP]" <Soone...@somewhere.net.invalid>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 05:10:54 -0500
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Disclaimer... I don't work in an AD environment so...

There are some group policies that you can configure to log off idle
sessions, etc.

To look at the Group Policies run gpedit.msc on the Remote Desktop host
machine and navigate to the Local Computer Policy | Computer Configuration |
Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Terminal Services | Sessions
policies.

There are also policies that apply on a user basis no matter what machine
they happen to log onto.

To look at the Group Policies run gpedit.msc on the Remote Desktop host
machine and navigate to the Local Computer Policy | User Configuration |
Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Terminal Services | Sessions
policies

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