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I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit box used as a shared resource between all the members of my family. Fast user switching is enable, and often quite useful. However, that means the Screen Saver's "On Resume, display login screen" does a fast user switch, not a logoff. So, eventually, everyone is logged into the PC, with background users "stealing" RAM and (I assume) CPU cycles from the person actually using the machine.

What I want to do is force a 'session' to logoff after a lengthy idle time, say 2 hours.

Google'ing 'auto logoff windows 7' presents a vast array of choices, most of which seem to disagree with each other.

Anyone know a straightforward way to set an auto-logoff policy across all users on a single Windows 7 box?

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If you are an administrative user you can manually logout users....

  1. start the task manager
  2. AT the bottom left, press "show processes for all users"
  3. Select the Users tab to show all the local users logged on
  4. Select the user to be logged off and press the LOGOFF button at the bottom right
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  • Sure, that works manually, do that all the time. I'm looking for an automated solution.
    – Jeff Leyser
    Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 23:55
  • There are third party solutions for autologout which you'd have to use since there are no policies for non-enterprise situations.
    – mdpc
    Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 23:57
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Depending how comfortable you are with third party applications check this one out:

http://www.grimadmin.com/staticpages/index.php/ss-operations

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    Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.
    – Cfinley
    Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 15:37

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