How do I stop interactive logon?

One way to protect against service account insider threat via interactive logins is through the AD group policy. You can create a special security group (GPO) in AD to identify users that you want to run services but not allow any interactive login to a machine in your domain.

How do I enable interactive logon?

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> ‘Interactive logon: Don’t display last signed-in’ to ‘Enabled’.

What is interactive logon VS network logon?

2: Interactive logon—This is used for a logon at the console of a computer. A type 2 logon is logged when you attempt to log on at a Windows computer’s local keyboard and screen. 3: Network logon—This logon occurs when you access remote file shares or printers.

What is interactive login sessions?

A: An interactive Windows logon session is the result of an interaction between a user and the Windows OS. An interactive logon session is always initiated by a user and tells Windows that the user wants to authenticate either to a local machine or to a domain.

How do I get rid of interactive logon in Windows 7?

To disable it:

  1. type Gpedit. msc in run prompt.
  2. Browse to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Logon Options.
  3. Open Display information about previous logons during user logon and set it to Disabled.
  4. Press OK.

What is the interactive user account?

The interactive user is the user that is currently logged on to the computer where the COM server is running. If the identity is set to be the interactive user, all clients use the same instance of the server if the server registers its class factory as multi-use.

What are the different logon types?

Logon Types

Logon Number Logon Type
0 Used only by the System account
2 Interactive: Used to log on at the local console
3 Network: Used to access a Windows resource (e.g., shared folder) from a system on the network
4 Batch Job: Used to run a scheduled task as a specified account

How many logon types are there?

In this article

Logon type # Authenticators accepted
Interactive (also known as, Logon locally) 2 Password, Smartcard, other
Network 3 Password, NT Hash, Kerberos ticket
Batch 4 Password (stored as LSA secret)
Service 5 Password (stored as LSA secret)

What is an interactive user account?

How do I get rid of the Windows login message?

How to: Remove Interactive Logon Message after disjoining the domain.

  1. Press Windows Key + R and it should open the Run window.
  2. In the Open: field, type gpedit.
  3. In the window that opens, from the left column, navigate to: Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options.

How do I change the interactive logon machine inactivity limit?

Details. Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit” to “900” seconds” or less, excluding “0” which is effectively disabled.