Limit amount of time on PC?

[Calab]

Is there a way to limit how much time a user can be using the computer each
day? I've got the parental controls set up to limit when, but I'd also like
to limit how much of that time they can use.

If not, are there any free, simple programs out there? Everything I find is
much more than I need - controlling what the user does, managing the time
the users can use the PC, etc.

Thx!

 

[Leroy]

Try PC TimeWatch: http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/pctwoverview.htm

 

[+Bob+]

Is there a way to limit how much time a user can be using the computer each
day? I've got the parental controls set up to limit when, but I'd also like
to limit how much of that time they can use.

If not, are there any free, simple programs out there? Everything I find is
much more than I need - controlling what the user does, managing the time
the users can use the PC, etc.

Thx!

Not to appear a smarta$$, but the solution is simply to tell them how
much time they have and then lightly supervise and highlight when
needed.

Teaching them to commit and be responsible will do far more to enhance
their ability to succeed in life than shutting them off automatically.

 

[measekite Da Monkey]

Not to appear a smarta$$, but the solution is simply to tell them how
much time they have and then lightly supervise and highlight when
needed.

But you are a dumb ass. That has been proven time and time again.

Teaching them to commit and be responsible will do far more to enhance
their ability to succeed in life than shutting them off automatically.

I suggest getting the book, "Vista for Retards" before you continue to make
an ass out of yourself. come back in 6-8 weeks.

Just FYI

 

[H Brown]

Very good point Bob and has a lot of merit to promote responsibility.

H Brown

 

[ray]

Not to appear a smarta$$, but the solution is simply to tell them how
much time they have and then lightly supervise and highlight when
needed.

Teaching them to commit and be responsible will do far more to enhance
their ability to succeed in life than shutting them off automatically.

That should be adequate for home use. For the 12 machines I admin at the
public library, that would involve a lot of supervisory time. I simply add
'timeoutd' to the Linux machines and it's done.

 

[+Bob+]

That should be adequate for home use. For the 12 machines I admin at the
public library, that would involve a lot of supervisory time. I simply add
'timeoutd' to the Linux machines and it's done.

Agreed. It's not your job to teach responsibility at the PL. The OP
sounded like a home user.

 

[Camper]

Agreed. It's not your job to teach responsibility at the PL. The OP
sounded like a home user.

I would have thought that if the Op was looking at parenting advise he might
have gone to a more appropriate newsgroup!

Cheers

 

[Richard Urban]

Sometime the obvious has to hit them in the face. By reading the various
news channels it is all too apparent that many people lack basic parenting
skills and have to be told what to do. Others are lazy and need a boot in
the backside to make them see the light.

Now, if the person had written that they have tried everything but the child
is out of control - that is another matter.

I don't condemn someone for pointing out the obvious as a first step.

 

[Richard Urban]

Calab,

Place the computer in a very public area in your home such as the living
room or the kitchen.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Calab,

Place the computer in a very public area in your home such as the living
room or the kitchen.

That wasn't very well thought out.

Your solution would either require that the parent always be at home
to monitor the situation - or that the computer be password protected
so it could only be used when the parent enabled it.

Stick to giving computing advice, and leave the dispensing of
parenting advice to people with more expertise.

 

[Richard Urban]

Gee. My grand children 5 and 9 jump off the chair if they get to a web site
other than what they are allowed to go to.

And the way my son accomplished it was by being there when the children used
the computer.

It *IS* all about parenting!

 

[Dave]

That wasn't very well thought out.

Your solution would either require that the parent always be at home
to monitor the situation

That's the whole point.

 

[+Bob+]

That wasn't very well thought out.

Your solution would either require that the parent always be at home
to monitor the situation - or that the computer be password protected
so it could only be used when the parent enabled it.

Travis: If the children are young enough to require monitoring, then a
parent or guardian should be home and paying at least moderate
attention to what they are doing. If they are older, then it's
definitely time to teach them responsibility (it might even be too
late - you need to start young).

If we have more children taught about responsibility, integrity, etc
at a young age, we might not have so many incapable and nearly
intolerable adults.

Stick to giving computing advice, and leave the dispensing of
parenting advice to people with more expertise.

I suggest you examine your own advice!