Questions tagged [logoff]
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Log off as local "administrator" user, get blank login screen
I have an imaged lab environment running Windows 7 and attached to a domain.
The local Administrator account is enabled for certain maintenance and prep tasks.
Every time I logoff from the local ...
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Run a program before Logoff and wait for finish
When I want to run a program (.exe \ .bat) before Windows 7 Home Premium Logoff \ Restart I use the Task Scheduler and I set a custom event: Log: System, Source: Winlogon, Event ID: 7002 \ 4634 \ 4647 ...
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No signal after log off/ switch user
Periodically my monitor will go black and display "no signal" before turning off (power save mode) when I log off Windows or switch users. It doesn't do this every time, although most of the time the ...
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How to keep WSL running after locking your PC or switching the screen off?
I want to keep some code running for a while on my Windows 11 computer with WSL2.
However, if I hit Win+L to lock the computer or switch the screen off, the WSL seems to just freeze and resumes only ...
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Executing a batch script on Windows 10 shutdown/logoff/reboot
First off, sorry. This is a re-post of my original question asked on "stackoverflow", but I have tried to get moderators to move it, due to the question being more a general windows behavior issue ...
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How to stop Windows from ever automatically logging off the current user?
I have several MS Surface Pro tablet PCs running Windows 10 Pro that are being used as time clocks. I do not want employees coming to work only to find that the time clock is sitting on a login screen....
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AppleScript to logoff Mac user after closing an application?
I've configured a local user account on an iMac (Lion) to immediately launch Firefox to a specific page after logging in – the page contains a survey to be completed by the user. This works fine.
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Log-off Scripts in Windows 7
I have Public machines that I need to run log-off scripts, which are in Perl. I want the script to run for a Standard user. It seems that the UAC is blocking this from happening. So, I have turned the ...
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Allow Non Administrator User To Launch iTunes When Another User Already Has iTunes Open
On My Windows 7 machine I have two user accounts, one Admin account for myself and one regular account for my wife. Both of us use iTunes to manage our separate music libraries and Apple devices.
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My computer keeps logging out by itself (Windows 8)
This started happening a few hours ago. I will be using my computer and it just automatically logs out. It seems to occur when there are memory intensive tasks occurring. It's getting really ...
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How to Replace Shutdown command with Switch User+Monitor off
When I click on shutdown on start menu, I want my Windows 8.1 computer to do:
1- Switch User (As long as lock keeps computer going on with normal power, while executables are running, it's also ...
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Modifying default behavior of 'Logoff' Windows 7 Pro
I have an appliance that runs windows 7 pro, and is very locked down as to what a user is able to do. When it is running in the standard case, the only options the user has are logoff, restart, or ...
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Is there a script "to log remote users off and after log them off to delete their profiles?
I found 6 simple scripts (.bat and .vbs) for remote pcs (Win XP and 7) to Clean Profile properly and faultlessly:
Script: sending Ping to check Remote PC On or Off (.bat)
Script: checking who logged ...
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Run task at logoff and wait until it finishes
I am running a Windows Vista (no gpedit.msc unfortunately) computer and I want to run a backup at logoff. So, when the user tries to shutdown the computer, I want to run a .bat file which executes the ...
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Active Directory Auto Logoff Timer
I'm experimenting with an Active Directory Domain at home (Win Server 2012 Domain Controller). After joining my Windows 8 Pro (x64) PC to my domain, I am getting automatically logged off after being ...
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Intermittent problems switching users
My Windows Vista x64 machine (not joined to any domain) has intermittent problems switching users. Sometimes, for no apparent reason, it decide that the "Switch User" option off of the Start menu or ...
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Use Domain GPO to run local batch file on logoff - Is it possible?
What I want to accomplish:
When a user logs off a machine and is not on the domain, the contents of the recycling bin are deleted.
How this is currently done and works on domain:
Domain GPO > User ...
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How to run a script at logon/logoff of one specific user in Windows 10 without using GPO?
I have a set of computers which are used by several users. One one of those computers I need to map a drive for two users (and only for those two users).
My idea was to run a script on logon of either ...
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PC randomly logs off
My windows10 HP pc randomly logs off for no apparent reason. I have disabled all sleep settings and screensavers yet it still does it randomly without warning or any kind of error message, my ESET ...
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Windows XP log off script not running
I've written two .cmd scripts - "logon.cmd" and logoff.cmd"
I've set the "logon.cmd" to run using the gpedit.msc.
Similarly I've done so with the logoff.cmd.
My logon script runs fine but my logoff ...
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How does Windows 7 handle leaving programs open when you log out and opening them again when you log back in?
There was a user at work whom was concerned that someone had broken into his/her computer because windows were opened on her desktop upon her arrival.
However; what really happened was that windows ...
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How can I trigger all running non-Windows processes to close?
In Windows, when you choose the Log Off power command, sometimes it will hang on a process and let you cancel logging off. It then takes you back to your desktop, where all processes other than the ...
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(Windows 8) Change power button to log off
Ways to accomplish this.
Perhaps using group policy, registry editor, windows settings, and etc.
Since windows 7 configurations differ somewhat from windows 8, the settings that worked for windows 7 ...
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windows 7 rdp logon - run one program and auto logoff
I wish to allow one user to use RDP and logon to my Windows 7 machine. The user should be put directly into one program and when the user exits the program, the user is to be automatically logged out....
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Run a .bat file upon logoff, windows XP, no domain controller
I have a standalone windows XP machine which is using pGina 1.8.8 to authenticate. Users log in using a single-sign-on ID (from LDAP) and are then logged into windows XP pro. I have a batch file which ...
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Sound does not play when locking WinXP
If I press the Windows-L combination to lock my PC the "Windows Logoff" sound does not play. It used to but at some point it stopped. I installed only trustworthy apps on my system and it is pretty ...
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