lockout policy on xp

albertldee · Post by **albertldee** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:01 pm

i have a public computer with xp home after the office hours 10pm i would like to disable internet access or even logon access is there any way to do that in xp automaticly
basicly i would like it to prevent internet access between 10-6am or if possible i have a public account is it possible to disable the logon from 10-6am automaticly

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:24 pm

Anything is possible Albert.

Exactly what is it you want to do?

You want to leave the PC running at the logon screen after 10pm, but disallow anyone from using it?
Or do you want to allow only a certain account to be able to logon?

Not sure what you want to tell you the truth.

Why not just have the PC shutdown at 10pm automatically, and password the bios.

ColdFusion · Post by **ColdFusion** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:22 am

I think he wants to prevent anyone from accessing the internet after 10pm. If thats not possible than just disable the logon screen so no one can logon to the account. I think norms idea is a good one though

One Sick Tzim · Post by **One Sick Tzim** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:26 am

Of course if you can't shutdown and turn on a BIOS password... I think you might be SOL. 'Course I wonder if you could script a program that would disable users completely after 10 PM and leave only a very restricted Guest open for use...

Genuinely · Post by **Genuinely** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:19 am

^ehh that wud take a lot of time if it was to be done...i would just say set a pw in ur bios so when u start your computer up you will need to enter a pw before getting to the login screen thats your best bet..good luck..

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:49 am

You can use the "net user" command to restrict logons, for example

net user <username> /time:S-F,08:00-18:00

This is per user account. You may want to create this as a batch file and set it in group policy startup scripts other wise all they would need to do is reboot the system and then be able to logon.
Hope this helps