>>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.

I found it:

DISABLING AUTODISCONNECT
Need a way to disconnect idle LAN sessions after a set number of
minutes? Windows NT allows you to set an automatic parameter for
ending LAN connections. You can change the setting either from the
command line or in the Registry. To make the change in the NT
Registry, you'll use REGEDT32 to modify the LAN Autodisconnect
parameter on the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

The valid value range is 0 to 4294967295 minutes. Setting this value
to 0 does not disable the setting, as you would think. The best you
can do in the Registry if you want to disable the value is set it to
its highest value.

You can also set the number of minutes at a command prompt using the
Net Config Server command. For example, to set the Autodisconnect
value to 30 minutes, you would type the following:

Net Config Server /autodisconnect:30

The valid value range is -1 to 65535 minutes at the command line. If
you set the Autodisconnect option to -1 at the command prompt,
Autodisconnect is set to the upper value in the registry.