Re: controlling user time

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:25:24 +0200

NobodyMan wrote:

> I just tried what the TOP POSTER suggested. It doesn't work.
>
> To my knoweldge, there is no way to set this up in XP, or via third
> party solution. Parental supervision is the best bet.

"1st Security Center" claims it can do this:

http://www.1securitycenter.com/

<quote>
The powerful feature "User Working Time" allows you to limit working
time for your children , office colleagues , students and so on. You
can define several time intervals and time durations to manage users
working time very easy.
</quote>

> A possible expensive solution is to set up a server for a home LAN,
> set up DNS, promote it to a Domain Controller via DCPROMO, then join
> all the XP boxes to the domain. Create a Domain user account for each
> user; you can set access times/limits for the domain user accounts on
> the server. A very expensive solution, but it is guaranteed to work -
> at least until your children discover your user account/password on
> the server and reset everything to their liking before locking your
> account out.

Again, even this solution will not log the user off the local
computer when time is up. 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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