admin startup password

[ruthie]

Hope I'm in the right area here....if not please direct
me to the correct area!

I am the admin of our home computer (the mom!). My
daughter will stay up all night on the computer and then
sleep all day. Now that the new school year is coming I
need to stop her from accessing the computer after I've
gone to bed. Our older computer was easy....you need to
enter the password before the computer will boot. I have
tried the same thing with Windows XP but it does not
work.

My question is: Is there a way to configure windows xp
so that you need to enter a password before it boots
completely? Also: Is there a timer that can be set that
will automatically turn off the computer at a specified
time?

Thank you very much!
ruthie

[Nicholas]

Ruthie --

HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;279783

How do I restrict a User's Logon hours?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_restrict_users.htm

[Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP]

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Nicholas

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| Hope I'm in the right area here....if not please direct=20
| me to the correct area!
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| I am the admin of our home computer (the mom!). My=20
| daughter will stay up all night on the computer and then=20
| sleep all day. Now that the new school year is coming I=20
| need to stop her from accessing the computer after I've=20
| gone to bed. Our older computer was easy....you need to=20
| enter the password before the computer will boot. I have=20
| tried the same thing with Windows XP but it does not=20
| work. =20
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| My question is: Is there a way to configure windows xp=20
| so that you need to enter a password before it boots=20
| completely? Also: Is there a timer that can be set that=20
| will automatically turn off the computer at a specified=20
| time?
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| Thank you very much!
| ruthie