ActiveExit Overview

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ActiveExit^™ is a set of tools that let you control various aspects of Windows exit. With ActiveExit you can:

End Windows session after timeout

You can set up ActiveExit automatically logoff the user, restart, shut down or lock the computer, or otherwise end Windows session after a period of user inactivity. You may find this option useful if you are in charge of a large network, and users often forget to logoff from their accounts, leaving their desktops accessible to unauthorized users.

You can make ActiveExit to display a screen saver of your choice for some time before ending the user's session. ActiveExit can restart or shutdown the computer even if the user has locked the computer, or if no user is logged on at all. To set up the screen savers, use the Screen Savers page of ActiveExit configuration utility. You can also use it to customize the messages shown by ActiveExit to the user before actually ending the Windows session.

Limit the use of the computer to the allowed hours only

With ActiveExit, you can set up the schedule of the allowed hours when the computer can be used. If the user attempts to use the computer during the not allowed hours, or if the allowed hours end while the user is working with the computer, ActiveExit will forcefully end the user's session. You can set up a message to be displayed before ending the session, to allow the user to save his/her work.

To set up the weekly schedule of the allowed hours and relater settings, use the Schedule page of ActiveExit configuration utility.

Set up the default actions Windows takes when you press the Logoff and Shut down buttons on the Start Menu

Do you find it annoying that when you choose the Shut Down (or Turn Off) command on Windows Start Menu, you always have to confirm the command?

ActiveExit can save you quite a few extra mouse clicks: with it, you can assign the default actions to the Logoff and Shut Down (or Turn off) buttons on the Start Menu, and Windows will carry on such actions without asking further questions. If you ever need to take a different action (such as Restart instead of Shut Down), simply press the Ctrl button when clicking on the Shut Down button, and the original confirmation message will be shown, letting you choose the Restart command.

To modify the default behavior of the Logoff and/or Shut Down buttons, use the Other Settings page of ActiveExit configuration utility.

Run a program automatically before Windows exit

ActiveExit lets you specify a program to run automatically each time before the end of the Windows session (that is, before the user logs off, restarts the computer, etc.). You can use this capability of ActiveExit if, for example, you want to remind yourself about running the backup program each time you finish your work, or if you have a legacy program that needs to be manually shut down before exiting Windows.

To set up the program to run before Windows exit, use the Other Settings page of ActiveExit configuration utility. You can also use it to customize the messages shown by ActiveExit before and/or after running the program.

Note that only one such command may be set up with ActiveExit. If you want to run several programs before exiting Windows, put such commands into a batch or script file, and set up ActiveExit to run the batch or script file.

Protect Windows exit with a password

You can use ActiveExit to set up a password that would be prompted for every time a user attempts to exit Windows (by logging off, restarting, shutting down, suspending, or hibernating it). Only if the user enters a correct password, ActiveExit would allow Windows session to end.

To set up such a password and select the events that should be protected with it, use the Other Settings page of ActiveExit configuration utility. You can also change the texts of the messages displayed on the password prompt.

Note that such a protection would not work if the user would have pressed the Reset or Power buttons on the computer case (or interrupted the power supply to the computer in some other way), so if you are concerned about such user actions, you should take additional steps to restrict physical access to the Reset and Power buttons.

Note also that Windows XP and other NT-based versions of Windows (that is Windows 2000 and NT4) provide an alternative way of restricting the restart and shutdown operations, by allowing the administrator to remove the appropriate privileges from the user accounts. However, that method does not let you prevent the logoff command, nor does it let you set up a password, like ActiveExit does.

Install a taskbar icon to exit Windows

You can use ActiveExit to install an icon in the Windows taskbar notification area (next to the system clock) that would let you quickly access the logoff, shutdown and other similar commands:

To install such an icon, use the Other Settings page of the ActiveExit configuration utility. You can also select which commands to display on the menu of the icon, as well as instruct ActiveExit to display a confirmation before actually performing the command you've chosen from the menu.

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