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RE: Workstation Shutdown / Logoff Policy :VSMail mx1

Subject: RE: Workstation Shutdown / Logoff Policy :VSMail mx1
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:19:11 -0700
 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:thor@hammerofgod.com] 
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" <Jamie.Fullerton@ndbt.com>
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.

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