>>> Can't you just lock the machine instead of logging off?
>>
>> The issue being that it is then impossible for anyone except the 
>> person logged on to discover if the machine is still running OK, how 
>> far it's got, etc.
> 
> Set up a "lab" user or some such that everyone knows the login for

Then the *other* piece of software running on the computer wouldn't be 
able to log audit events under the correct username.

> OOC, are normal applications required to carry on 
> running if the user who started them logs off?  I have no idea.

Under Windows, any processes started by a user ordinarily get terminated 
when that user logs off. Unless they do something special to prevent this...

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