Limit Kid's log-ons (diable (power?)

[homefry]

As the admin to my kids' computer, I want the ability to
diasable the computer during the week. I want to do more
than place a password on his account. Is there a way to
not allow him to power on at certain times?

TIA

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

As the admin to my kids' computer, I want the ability to diasable the
computer during the week. I want to do more than place a password on
his account. Is there a way to not allow him to power on at certain
times?

You could remove the power cable, I suppose.

Or tell him that if he powers the computer on during those times that
he'll lose his computer privileges for a week. You can check the event
viewer to see if the computer was powered on during the prohibited times.

Unless the machine is a member of a domain I don't think WinXP gives you
the ability, natively, to control logon hours for local accounts. Maybe
there are some third-party add-ons to do that but I'm not aware of any.

Ultimately it comes down to "You're the dad and they're the kids." As
a wise man once said "There are seldom good technological solutions to
behavioral problems."

 

[Neil]

Try something like 'Enuff' from Akrontech perhaps......

 

[grahamilton]

Method 2: Using the Net User Command-line Statement
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBP/tip7500/rh7540.htm#4

States on the website that this is for Win Server 2003, but will also work
on Windows XP

To see what times are set for a user, type net user 'username' at the
Command Prompt where username is the name of the user account without the
quotes

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

As the admin to my kids' computer, I want the ability to
diasable the computer during the week. I want to do more
than place a password on his account. Is there a way to
not allow him to power on at certain times?

Hi

If you want to force a logoff/shutdown, you will need 3rd party software
for this, e.g. the program "1st Security Center" is able to do that:

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>


The application below is a lot more limited (e.g. it is computer
centric and not user centric), but it can e.g. force a logoff/shutdown
at a set time or after a time duration:

Aye Shutdown
http://www.ayesoftware.com/asd/

 

[Guest]

Thanks to all-I think 3rd party is the way to go...but
Ben's got me feeling pretty bad as a Dad...<g>