Looking for a lockdown program

[Roman]

I'm looking for a program that will allow users access to a computer
(standalone) for a specified amount of time, twice during the day.

We have a computer we want to make available for visitors to use between
10:00AM-10:30 and 1:00-3:00 preferably with access to only a web browswer.
All other times and items should be blocked.

Does anyone know of a decent program?

thanks
R

 

[Andrew McLaren]

I'm looking for a program that will allow users access to a computer
(standalone) for a specified amount of time, twice during the day.

Everything that you need is built-in to Windows; you don't really need
any 3rd party software to achieve this.

Login hours can be set for local User accounts Under Administrative
Tools, Computer Management, Users, Properties.

Restricting the apps which users can run can be configured by using
Software restrictions. Run "gpedit.msc" to start the Local Security
Policy management console.

An easy way to configure all this via a simple UI, is to download and
install Microsoft's SteadyState utility for Windows:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

It's a free download. SteadyState lets you configure many useful aspects
of a PC running in a public or multi-user environment, such as an
Internet café, library etc.

Hope this helps,

Andrew

 

[Guest]

Roman,

Look into the NET USER switches & you can control logon times....

 

[Roman]

Thanks - I knew about the logon hours in the user profile, but did not know
that SteadyState existed.

Thanks for the quick response and help

 

[Roman]

I've used the net use command for mapping drives but not for login hours.
Will look into that.

thanks
R