Desktop Authority - Inactivity - Restart
In order for a restart to occur with the Inactivity element is a login user required?
I am assuming if the computer is sitting at the log in screen none of the user elemets are applied.
Guidance would be helpful.
Answers (2)
I have not found any evidence that user elements will ever run if nobody ever logs in, so I doubt it will work.
What I have been doing, to force a reboot in all cases, is to create a computer "application launcher" element that runs a batch file with nothing in it and has "reboot afterwards" checked. I schedule it for midnight and let it rip.
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Tried to call shutdown.exe with force reboot arguments and that did not work. Will try what you suggested tonight.
I think it would be more logical to put the inactivity settings under the computer profile in the future. - jwhite 11 years ago
The inactivity elements are designed with a logged-in user in mind. Like a screensaver, it counts the time of no keyboard/mouse activity. Most of what DA does is based on the login script that runs when the user logs in, so another, more invisible way to do a restart is to do a "scheduled reboot" in the Expert Assist client.
