>Hi Ed,
>
>Good day!
>
>It's me again...
>
>>>I was wondering if Windows NT has a time out function
>>>similar to Novell wherein if a user doesn't use the computer
>>>for a while. It basically kicks it out of the network.
>>>
>>>This happens in my DOS workstations.
>
>>This is set by account or group, and may be set as a limit on hours that the >user may access the server/domain, or a period of inactivity. There's detailed >information on setting the operating hours and inactivity logout parameters in
>>John Savill's NT FAQ, a free reference resource on the net.
>
>I've looked at the Faq. I saw the ways to setting the operating hours
>but couldn't find how to set the period of inactivity. I'm sorry.
>Could you be more specific as to how to set the period of
>inactivity?
>
>I've looked at how the group accounts were setup. No measures were placed
>made to log off someone beyond a specific period of time.

NET CONFIG SERVER can be used to adjust timeouts on Network connections; the syntax to set the autodisconnect delay is:

NET CONFIG SERVER /AUTODISCONNECT:< time in minutes>

a value of -1 will entirely prevent the disconnection based on inactivity.

There's a registry entry that controls this, but I'm not sure exactly where. it can be set as a System Policy user the System Policy editor on a user-by-user or group-by-group basis as well.