I recently built a NAS using Windows XP and all has been great. I use remote desktop to access the NAS for maintenance etc. I just set up a scheduled task to reboot itself once a week (just for stability, if it wants to install certain windows updates, clear the RAM, page-file etc etc. However, I want to run a scheduled task which logs out of the current user (in this case "NAS") and logs back in again. This is because, as i'm sure we are all aware, when Windows boots up, it does not fully load all programs sometimes (seems to forget about some of them), this is usually fixed by logging off and on again. Also, it does not show all running programs correctly in Task Manager until I have logged off and on again. How would I go about this? Is it even possible? Could I get away with just logging of NAS and still have access to the files on the NAS, even though no user is logged in? Thanks guys
Logging off is relatively simple, make a scheduled task and add the /l switch to shutdown.exe, that logs you off. Logging back on is more difficult, there would be no tasks running as such so not sure how you'd log back on. However, all your files should still be accessible even when logged off.
Thanks for the quick reply. I think I should have also mentioned that the NAS runs Serviio and PS3 Media Server as well as uTorrent, will all theses still function whilst logged off?
no they will no longer run as they are running processes that are normally dependant on a user - thus being logged in is essential.
What you could do is set the user account as the default logon account (start - run - control userpasswords2) this would cause that user to logon when the machine is rebooted. Then add the programs you want to load as logon items for that user. Not exactly secure (as the password is stored in the reg) but it'll work
