Computer help: How to restrict program use, using time locks?
How to restrict program use, using time locks?
by jis james - 6/20/06 5:06 AMI need to find a program that lets me restrict the use of other programs on my computer, so that other users can only run them at specific times of day and/or for specific amounts of time each day. It should be password protected and hard to manipulate and work around. Preferably it should allow for several time blocks per program and 5-10 minute warnings before the time is up.
The only program I can find is one called Time Lock something, but that one doesn't look and feel very promising, plus the payment options (check in mail)doesn't suit me at all as an outside of US user.
There must be other more professional programs out there. How hard can it be???
difficult in xp home
by ramarc - 6/20/06 6:42 AM In reply to: How to restrict program use, using time locks? by jis jamesif you need this functionality for a business, you should consider upgrading to xp pro/windows server 2003. it has built-in facilties to limit usage.
The do it yourself method.
by R. Proffitt
- 6/20/06 7:07 AM
In reply to: How to restrict program use, using time locks? by jis james
This is not an offer to help you implement this as it's a DIY project. But XP Home and Pro do offer a way to accomplish this for those that can take advantage of this OSes features. Here's the formula.
1. The NTFS file permissions on the .EXE are what we are going to modify. If you don't have background in this, use google.com to learn more.
2. Using command line tools such as XACLS (found with google such as http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=command+line+change+file+permissions ) we craft a command to remove read permission to said file for said user.
3. To implement a timed approach we then use the XP Scheduler to run our Batch or Script file to alter the permissions at the time we want. More research may be needed for some to learn about the scheduler.
So there you have it. All the pieces to construct the solution.
Bob
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