Thanks for all the input, serious or otherwise. Good point about power management, that will address the power consumption issue. I will look into that.
So, I'm still left with the software updates and deployments, which require restarts. They do lock their workstation, luckily. Maybe you're right, Ben, maybe I've got better things to worry about. Anyway, case closed. I'll look into power management and I won't be forcing shutdowns / installing pron / sending emails to the CEO! Thanks guys, Andrew 2009/10/22 Mike Gill <lis...@canbyfoursquare.com> > Locking the workstation doesn’t address software updates or deployments > being missed, among other things. > > > > Andrew should look into why it takes the computer so long to log in that > someone would complain. My 3+ year old Dell desktop takes 5 seconds or a > little more to be at a useable desktop in Vista. He could also tell her she > at least needs to log out on the weekends, or restart the computer as she > leaves on Friday. Find some middle ground. > > > > -- > Mike Gill > > > > *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:33 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down > > > > Can they hit the Windows key and L at the same time? If not, you can do it > for them using Group Policy. > > > > *From:* Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:30 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down > > > > 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/> ~
