I have been giving away the results of my hobbies for literally decades, for free, for use by anyone who wants it. As of today, I will no longer be releasing compiled software to the public for free use. I’ll still give away the random scripts, design templates, documents, etc., basically anything that can be presented on-screen in… Read More »
This page contains the version history of SystemIdleCheck. Each entry explains what items were add/changed/removed for that particular release.
SystemIdleCheck is very straightforward to use. The current version switches are show below. All switches are case sensitive, but the value of the switch is not. All switches have default values, and can appear in any order on the command line. Switches Switch Name Description T TimeOut Sets the number of seconds the system should be idle for.… Read More »
In case anyone is curious, this is a list of APIs that are being used. Note that the event logging functionality is still in progress, but the API references are in place in the code.
The enterprise version of SystemIdleCheck has been improved over the free version to provide flexibility and ease of management for Windows system administrators.
Some users of SystemIdleCheck (SIC) have been confused as to how to deploy the program in large, complex environments, so I’ve put together this guide which details how to deploy the program through Group Policy Objects (GPO). Overview If you manage an Active Directory domain, there are several ways to deploy SIC: In my opinion, the easiest, most reliable, and… Read More »
Recently, there was a request for our team to implement a new security requirement for workstations. Specifically, If a user remains logged in, but is idle for a specific period of time, that user should be logged out. After consulting the interwebs for a few minutes, all I could find were hacky solutions using vbscript, PowerShell, task scheduler,… Read More »