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kids spending too much time playing computers

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  • 17-07-2015 4:50pm
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    enniscorthy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭


    hi all you might think i'm bonkers hehe but what i'm looking for is some kind of program that will automatically close everything and shut down the computer after say 60 mins


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    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    What operating system?



    For windows
    create textfile in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\

    In the textfile put

    shutdown /r /t 3600

    Rename the file to shutdown.bat (3600 = seconds , 60 secs * 60 mins )


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Something like this OP?


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Plug at the mains


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    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Firstly. You can never spend too much time playing computers.

    Secondly. K9 does this its called NightGuard.

    Thirdly. They're on summer holidays, and its pis*ing rain out.


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    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    all addictions need to be managed:p


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    Big Lar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Big Lar


    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IE/windows7/products/features/parental-controls

    Tis a right job


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    Tony Beetroot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Tony Beetroot


    Cut the plugs off the computer and buy them a football.


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    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,294 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    wifi-password.jpeg

    :)


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    STEINBERG
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭STEINBERG


    enniscorthy wrote: »
    hi all you might think i'm bonkers hehe but what i'm looking for is some kind of program that will automatically close everything and shut down the computer after say 60 mins

    i understand your frustration and thinking behind the post but!!!!

    why not make a deal with them! they can play the games if they also try

    https://www.pluralsight.com/kids

    This is a list of free coding courses for kids, get them involved, they like playing video games imagine how they would feel if they could make their own!!!!!

    have a talk with them see how it plays out, my point being they love doing something, embrace it and point them in the right direction to possibly in the future make a living from it.


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