How to Log someone off automatically

[Fishguy]

Hey everybody!

I have my own computer and live at home with my parents(I am only 17). I am forced to share the computer with my siblings. As of late, my 12 year old brother has been wreaking some havoc with my machine and I am wondering how I could set it up to log him off after a certain amount of time?...I am sure that there is an option available through administrative tools, but I have no idea where to look. Or else, is it possible to create a logoff script that would accomplish the same thing?

Any help is appreciated

BTW, I run XP Pro SP1, v5.1.2600.0 if that is of any help.

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Fishguy

 

[garroadran]

Right click on the desktop in your brother's account and go to properties. Select the screen saver tab, and along with the screen saver selection you should see a checkbox that says "Display welcome screen when returning" or something like that. That'll make it so that when the screen saver comes on, the user selection screen comes up.

 

[Jontmke]

You can also change your brothers user to a "standard" user. Then you can restrict him from doing a lot of damage. Also, in add\remove there is a tab for program access settings where you could block certain programs.
Read up on file security for XP, it can help a lot.

Jon

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