Is this possible ......if so how ??

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I know that it has long been possible to set policies on a network
which 'control' when a user can access and use the network............
i.e. Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday, no access
permitted. Is it possible to effect this sort of control on an a
stand-alone XP machine ?
I have looked and looked but cannot see how this might be done.
Basically, I need to configure a machine to limit it's usage for
youngsters using the internet............i.e. 8.30pm it closes down and
doesn't allow log on until the following day. I know there is software
that may do this kind of thing but these youngsters are quite techie
and would figure out how to disable. If this was managed from within
the OS, it makes it more 'secure'
Any guidance you might be able to give would be very much appreciated
 
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I know that it has long been possible to set policies on a network
which 'control' when a user can access and use the network............
i.e. Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday, no access
permitted. Is it possible to effect this sort of control on an a
stand-alone XP machine ?
I have looked and looked but cannot see how this might be done.
Basically, I need to configure a machine to limit it's usage for
youngsters using the internet............i.e. 8.30pm it closes down
and doesn't allow log on until the following day. I know there is
software that may do this kind of thing but these youngsters are
quite techie and would figure out how to disable. If this was managed
from within the OS, it makes it more 'secure'
Any guidance you might be able to give would be very much appreciated
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This is not within the OS but offers this and a great deal more:

iProtectYou:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/iprotectyou.html


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| I know that it has long been possible to set policies on a network
| which 'control' when a user can access and use the network............
| i.e. Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday, no access
| permitted. Is it possible to effect this sort of control on an a
| stand-alone XP machine ?
| I have looked and looked but cannot see how this might be done.
| Basically, I need to configure a machine to limit it's usage for
| youngsters using the internet............i.e. 8.30pm it closes down and
| doesn't allow log on until the following day. I know there is software
| that may do this kind of thing but these youngsters are quite techie
| and would figure out how to disable. If this was managed from within
| the OS, it makes it more 'secure'
| Any guidance you might be able to give would be very much appreciated
 
I know that it has long been possible to set policies on a
network
which 'control' when a user can access and use the
network............
i.e. Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday, no
access
permitted. Is it possible to effect this sort of control on an
a
stand-alone XP machine ?
I have looked and looked but cannot see how this might be
done.
Basically, I need to configure a machine to limit it's usage
for
youngsters using the internet............i.e. 8.30pm it closes
down and
doesn't allow log on until the following day. I know there is
software
that may do this kind of thing but these youngsters are quite
techie
and would figure out how to disable. If this was managed from
within
the OS, it makes it more 'secure'
Any guidance you might be able to give would be very much
appreciated
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This canot be done on a stand alone PC that runs windows with out use
of third party software (I’m sure you will be glad to know that
it’s posible on Linux/BSD etc.).
 
Sparda said:
This canot be done on a stand alone PC that runs windows with out use
of third party software (I’m sure you will be glad to know that
it’s posible on Linux/BSD etc.).
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I'm sure you'll be glad to hear that its perfecly possible, if you know what
you're doing, to do this on a standalone PC that runs Windows. It could
certainly be easier, but that isn't the same as "Canot(sic) be done".

Write a script and use the task scheduler to schedule it to run at 8.30pm or
whenever that disables the targetted accounts and then shuts the PC down.
First part done.

Write another script that again uses the task scheduler to run on bootup
that checks the time and if its within the allowed time, re-enables the
targetted accounts.

To disable an account from the command line or a batch job:
NET USER username /ACTIVE:no

To enable an account from the command line or a batch job:
NET USER username /ACTIVE:yes

To control shutdowns from the command line or a batch job:
SHUTDOWN -S -T 120 -F -C "Haven't you got homework to do?"

- this example shuts the computer down with a 2 min warning countdown,
forcing programs to close if it needs to, and notifies the user that
"Haven't you got homework to do?"


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