We have several Windows 7 machines that are used for monitoring screens on the wall (one machine per monitor).
We have to log these in every morning and lock them over night. This is a tedious process and I am looking to try and automate this.
We currently use VNC to connect to the machines individually as RDP doesn't allow us to view the screen using the VGA connection also. I have tried using mstsc /console
but this doesn't display the console on the monitors.
I have seen ways of locking the machine remotely, so should be able to do this with PsExec. However I have heard that this may not be the best way to do this; Throwing garbage on the sidewalk: The sad history of the rundll32 program. Is there a better way? Also, I cannot find a way of logging the machine on via a script and being able to view the console on the monitor, is this possible?