====== Log Off (Sign Out) Issues ======

===== Force Log Off =====

We have noticed a problem with RDS (Remote Desktop) sessions when using certain applications:

  * **Microsoft Office Applications** {{ :networking:windows:rds_logoff_hangs.png?300|Hung at Signing Out}}
    * Word
    * Excel
    * Outlook
  * **ServiceCEO**

When a user leaves certain applications running when they click ''Sign Out'', the RDS session may be disconnected but left in a state of ''Signing Out''...forever.

Here is a simple way to kill the running apps causing the problem:

<file>
taskkill.exe /F /IM ServiceCEO.exe /IM excel.exe /IM outlook.exe /IM winword.exe
</file>

The session will normally complete the ''Sign Out'' once the problem apps are closed.

In the Parallels RAS environment, we have also found that you can simply publish a remote app that does this remotely.

{{ :networking:windows:parallels_ras_publish_logoff.png?750 |Published Force Logoff}}

To use the published ''Force Logoff'' app, one will probably need to **minimize the ''Signing Off'' screen**, then execute the ''Force Logoff'' published application.

{{ :networking:windows:remote_desktop_connection_bar.png?700 |Minimize Full-Screen RDS Session}}

{{ :networking:windows:parallels_ras_client_logoff.png?650 |Then Run the Force Logoff Published App}}

===== Automatically Log Off Idle Users =====

https://4sysops.com/archives/automatically-log-off-idle-users-in-windows/