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Ryan Newington edited this page Apr 5, 2022 · 3 revisions

Manual Configuration

If you don't plan on centralizing the configuration using group policy you can configure the utility manually on a per-machine basis.

  1. Navigate to the %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Lithnet\IdleLogoff directory, and run Lithnet.idlelogoff.exe
  2. Configure the settings as appropriate for your environment
  3. Click OK to save
  4. Log off and log on and test the settings

Once the utility has been enabled, and the timeout value set, the utility will be enabled for any future users that log onto the system.

Settings Description
Action to perform Specifies the action to take once the session has reached it's idle time limit. You can log off the user, reboot the computer, or shut the computer down
Allowed idle duration (minutes) The number of minutes that must pass with no user interaction before the specified idle action is performed
Duration of warning message (seconds) The number of seconds to display a warning message for. If the idle action is set to 10 minutes, and this setting is set to 60 seconds, then the message will appear after the user has been idle for 9 minutes.
Custom warning message Allows you to customize the warning message shown to your users. Use the placeholder {0} in your message to show the remaining time the user has before the idle action takes place
Ignore sleep prevention requests Some applications, such as media playback, tell the system not to go to sleep, even though no user input is taking place. By default, Idle logoff respects this setting, so the user will not be logged off during video playback or a conference call. You can choose to override this by selecting this option. When enabled, the user will be logged off based only on the idle time.
Wait for initial user interaction before starting idle timer (kiosk mode) When this setting is enabled, the idle timer will not start counting until a user has interacted with the session. This allows you to leave a new session logged in and ready for use, but ensure that it is logged off once a user has interacted with it, and gone idle.
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