Restricting logon times

uch

Is there any software or scripts I can use to log off a user automatically in XPSP2 and restrict their logon times.

zAbbo

Group Policy might have some local policies

start > run > gpedit.msc

uch

I can restrict times but I need something that will log off a user wher they have reached thier time limit

mukki

uch wrote: »

I can restrict times but I need something that will log off a user wher they have reached thier time limit

you can make a scheduled task in your account that runs shutdown -l with the users credentials at the logoff time

that way the user cant see it as its in your profile and it will log him out not you


you will have to create a seperate task for every user you want to restrict,
it will give no warning

woolymammoth

is this on a domain? or just a standalone PC?

uch

Standalone XP box

woolymammoth

well then it's just kile Mukki said, create a batch file and set it as a scheduled task.

Shutdown the PC = shutdown -s
Log Off the PC = shutdown -l

But sure this will only work for logging them off..

woolymammoth

maybe this?

mukki

woolymammoth wrote: »

maybe this?

combination of both will do the trick me thinks

so

to prevent logon

net user username /times:{day[-day][,day[-day]] ,time[-time][,time[-time]] [;…] | all}

/times:{times | all}
Is the logon hours. The times option is expressed as day[-day][,day[-day]],time[-time][,time [-time]], and is limited to 1-hour increments. Days can be spelled out or abbreviated. Hours can be 12-hour or 24-hour notation. For 12-hour notation, use am, pm, a.m., or p.m. The all option specifies that a user can always log on, and a blank value specifies that a user can never log on. Separate day and time entries with a comma, and separate multiple day and time entries with a semicolon.






and

to logoff

make a scheduled task in your account that runs shutdown -l with the users credentials at the logoff time