"SET LOGON HRS" my wife is FUZZING, pls HELP!

hello guys....

i have a litte problem that is becoming a major ONE and this is the play:

my son he is 13yrs old who likes to play games all the time on the web (we admit that he is good with his homework so far) he plays a game call diablo II with his friends its kinda like a lan party for them....

because of this he is not doing his chores and my wife says its my fault (and she is always fuzzing about it) because i let him use the pc as long as he wants it....i want to STOP it! because i am at work i am not able to control the time he uses the pc

i am using windows xp pro and i know there is a way to SET LOGON HOURS....i just dont know how to do it and where this is located it....SO if any one can help i will appreciate it and you will save my marrige (well is not that bad) but this way i can tell my lady there's a lot to learn on the net! and not just playing games.....

thank for your help

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Hopefully this is what you are looking for:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_restrict_users.htm

Here is the answer strait from the horses mouth

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Subject: Setting Restricted Login Hours on XP Standalone System
I recently had to contact Microsoft Tech Support for assistance on this so I wanted to post the article on the web incase someone else had this same issue.

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:

Click Start
Click Run
Type cmd in the run box and press enter.
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:

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

Where testuser is the local account name.

I hope someone else finds this useful as I did.

Ken Foster

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No I don't know who ken is besides the fact that he posts t othe same MS newsgroup I do and his post made it into the best posts for windows xp on MS's site.

Can someone move this out of tut's and over to MS or General?

sure

Sir!

With the greatest of respect, I must point out that micochips and computers will not RAISE YOUR CHILD. This takes parental love.

Hey,I am married to my third wife, so I claim a certain amount of experience (do you spell that "incompetence")

His games or whatever are possibly an escape................make sure of the education and "£$%^&* or whatever the "chores"....he will have enough of those when he gets married.

Nice knowing ya.................Negative will now destroy me....he is getting married soon.........but the ghosts of the San Jacinto River will haunt him................


I guess you must win a prize for being most out of topic?????...well on a motivation basis I suppose?

Just a word about restricting the accounts, should you go through with the restriction make sure all the accounts are secure. ie. other unrestricted accounts are password protected, default administrator account is disabled, etc. Kids are getting much smarter and more computer literate these days, and often pick up on certain tricks, for example at the XP logon screen hitting alt+ctrl+delete twice and logging into the "administrator" account that is set with no password.

Just my 2 cents.

Good luck :)

The best way to keep him off would be to pull out some key component, what ever seems easiest for you; monitor, hard drive, memory, power supply. Although software security would do an okay job for a while, having the monitor removed and locked in a steel safe would get him off of it without you needing to worry about him breaking the software.

There are other options...

There are usage monitoring programs that will allow you to monitor the amount of time spent on certain sites. This way it can be used for educational purposes. A free example can be found at ...

http://members.tripod.com/gauravdhup0/iumos.html

There are also programs that you can buy that will allow you to set the amount of time that the program can run. I do not have an example right now, but I will be looking for it shortly as my 12 year old will be starting school soon and I encourage him to use the internet for research but I want to limit the amout of "play" time he spends.

So that I don't get flamed... I do NOT encourage the use of keystroke loggers. I feel that any monitoring software installed on a home computer should be known to all users.

If I find a program that I like I will post the info.

Hope this helps,
m2

:)

I would like to know what the heck is wrong with logging your kids access...yes you should be a parent and basicly know what thay are up to, but it is unfair to them to be standing over their sholder every min of the day. Logging their activity seems like a very good solution to me, especaily if they enter chat rooms or ue messenger programs.

bballad are you serious? Kids need privacy too you know, I don't think your kids would be happy if you knew everything they said to their friends via their computer. If my parents knew everything I do/did/said to friends I'd be dead by now.

Yeh...give the kids some privacy...put urself in they're shoes. I can understand if they're gettin in trouble cuz of porn and hacking...but as far as messanger's and just regular activity...be real. Especially messanger...they're just talkin to they're friends or online friends...u mise well tap they're phones if u want to log that crap. But if ur kids get in trouble cuz of porn or pirating software or whatever u consider bad then i understand ballad but give the kids some privacy.

I agree to a certain amount of privacy, but if the kid is not doing his jobs around the house, maybe he needs a little restriction from the computer.

el-half are you serious? I don't have kids yet, but when I do have kids I will be watching them. It would be my right as a parent to know what, my kids are doing.

I dont' see anything wrong logging what children are doing on the computer.

Maybe a new thread in the cosmos?

How about setting a BIOS password and switching off when you're out.

Then you can power up the PC after chores have been done.

It will also prevent bootups from floppy/cd etc in an attempt to crack the box.

The kid if he's smart will just reset the CMOS steve...the mom should be "momly" enough to enforce the kids computer time...i know mine is.

Set him a time limit on how long he can use the computer. If he doesn't follow the time limit then restrict his use of the computer. And if this conitinues while you are at work and mom allows it then it is her fault for his bad behavior not yours. If you have made rules and they are not being followed while you are not there just because she doesn't enforce them then she needs to quit fussing about it. Theres no unwritten rule that Dad has to be the bad guy all the time.

Kids--do not need privacy. If I had kids, which I do not at the moment, I'd monitor everything they do... on the computer, or away from the computer. Being 19, I know what goes on, and Kids are not behaving appropriatley.

Privacy, can be gained over time.

Some people feel Kids need to learn from expirence, but that's wrong. They need a nice iron fist. Slapping them in place. Because they just don't know better. They'll do what they want anyways, but at least they'll get the idea its wrong. BUT WITH media corruption, kids today feel that if there parents are too strict that they arent loved. I'm not sure why, its messed up. ITS ALL YOUR FAULT.

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Originally posted here by deftones12
The kid if he's smart will just reset the CMOS steve...the mom should be "momly" enough to enforce the kids computer time...i know mine is.

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Not if you've got a locking case like mine.

Ork I do agree that a kids privacy is an earned thing and in no way a right...but I would disagree with the idea that the media is any worse today then it has ever been...I have seen some of the filmes from the 20's that where viewable by anyone, we are tame compared to then..and volence has allways been their even during the years that the religious groupes ruled hollywood.

Yes, yes, privacy is an earned thing, when your parents can trust you you have the right to have privacy, otherwise not. I don't think most of the people on this site have the right to restrict the amount of time his/her kid spends behind their computer as they spend so much time on it theirself

O.K

Withoug using any software just go to your local hardware store and buy a timer for holiday lights.

Some of these are tamper proof ($20) and should do the trich

E.G lock the cable in place into the socket which most support and then set the timer for appropriate time.

If your son doesn't want to look like a goof infront of his l33y diablo buddies he will need to log out before the machine is switched off.

(Also try buying him a puppy. This often takes away from the need for online games)

You can also buy a switch which you are then able to setup start and ending restrictions times. Since you are at work, you can also 'talk' with the device remotely to view logs and even grant access when his chores and friends are over.