Preventing user access at specific times

[gary]

Must specify "Home" or Professional"
>-----Original Message-----
>I have Windows XP on my home computer. Each person in my
>family has a personal account. I want to know if there is
>a way to specify sign-on times for each account or
>globally for all users, such that my children will be
>forced off the PC at certain times of the day.
>.
>

[Shenan T. Stanley]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have Windows XP on my home computer. Each person in my
>> family has a personal account. I want to know if there is
>> a way to specify sign-on times for each account or
>> globally for all users, such that my children will be
>> forced off the PC at certain times of the day.

gary <> wrote:
> Must specify "Home" or Professional"

Why?

Either way they need third party software to do this. heh

They can specify WHEN someone is allowed to logon, but they cannot force
them off without the third-party software.

Situation: You want to restrict the logon days / times of a user
account in XP and are a standalone machine.

Reason: You may wish to restrict teens who arrive home before adult
supervision from accessing your broadband always on connection, limit
employees to only work hours access etc..

Steps:
To Set restrictions:

1.. Click Start
2.. Click Run
3.. Type cmd in the run box and press enter.
4.. The following is a sample of what you would type:
net user testuser /times:M-F,5pm-9pm; Sa,6am-9pm;Su,6am-9pm

Where testuser is the local account name.

To Remove Restrictions:

1.. Click Start
2.. Click Run
3.. Type cmd in the run box and press enter.
4.. The following is a sample of what you would type:
net user testuser /times:all

Where testuser is the local account name.

--
Shenan Stanley
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[cmarin]

Do you know of any specific software that will force off
users at a specific time?

>-----Original Message-----
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> I have Windows XP on my home computer. Each person
in my
>>> family has a personal account. I want to know if
there is
>>> a way to specify sign-on times for each account or
>>> globally for all users, such that my children will be
>>> forced off the PC at certain times of the day.
>
>gary <> wrote:
>> Must specify "Home" or Professional"
>
>Why?
>
>Either way they need third party software to do this. heh
>
>They can specify WHEN someone is allowed to logon, but
they cannot force
>them off without the third-party software.
>
>Situation: You want to restrict the logon days / times
of a user
>account in XP and are a standalone machine.
>
>Reason: You may wish to restrict teens who arrive home
before adult
>supervision from accessing your broadband always on
connection, limit
>employees to only work hours access etc..
>
>Steps:
>To Set restrictions:
>
> 1.. Click Start
> 2.. Click Run
> 3.. Type cmd in the run box and press enter.
> 4.. The following is a sample of what you would type:
> net user testuser /times:M-F,5pm-9pm; Sa,6am-
9pm;Su,6am-9pm
>
> Where testuser is the local account name.
>
>To Remove Restrictions:
>
> 1.. Click Start
> 2.. Click Run
> 3.. Type cmd in the run box and press enter.
> 4.. The following is a sample of what you would type:
> net user testuser /times:all
>
> Where testuser is the local account name.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
>"Just trying to help"
>-------------------------
>How to use XPs Help and Support
>http://tinyurl.com/fltf
>
>How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
>http://tinyurl.com/fkja
>
>How do I go about posting an informative question?
>http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>How to use Google
>http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
>http://tinyurl.com/fkmc
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