We're forcing a nightly reboot using the 'shutdown' app. This is done for two reason:
1.) can't count on the users to do it 2.) file lock issues on one regularly updated network share. -----Original Message----- From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:55 AM To: Focus-MS Subject: Re: Workstation Shutdown / Logoff Policy :VSMail mx1 So, from the looks of most of the replies, folks are counting on GPO/WSUS to enforce screenlock/updating, but rely on the end-user to restart their systems. Anyone actually forcing reboots? t On 8/16/06 12:18 PM, "Jamie Fullerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoketh to all: > Our current policy is that all stand-alone workstations have their > screensaver set to a 10 minute screensaver with the password required > to log back into the system. We encourage people to power off their > machines at night but we don't become the Power Gestapo in enforcing > this. > > Our WSUS is configured to redeploy an update if the client is powered > down during the initial push of an update (normally an early morning > hour with little other traffic on the network). > > On our Citrix clients all clients have their session terminated after > three hours of inactivity. This ensures that all clients are logged > out at the end of the business day. If for whatever reason they are > not fully logged off the servers, the Citrix servers themselves are > rebooted once a day as well. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
