Re: Lock Out a User in Win XP home?

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 02/04/05

  • Next message: Carey Frisch [MVP]: "Re: Lock Out a User in Win XP home?" 
    Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:39:13 -0600

    R Keck wrote:
    > Running WindowsXP Home SP2 NTFS. Our daughter's computer is in her
    > room. She is now grounded from her computer for a week. She is a
    > restricted user. Is there not a way to lock her out? Temporarily
    > disable her account? The lock feature of XP (non domain) is
    > generally useless. Yes, it can lock a user's desktop, but I want to
    > lock the PC where only an admin user can unlock it. No, I do not
    > want to delete the account and probably lose all it's settings even
    > after recreating using the same name.
    >
    > Why can't any other account be turned off like the guest account can
    > be turned on and off?
    >
    > For now, I've changed her password, but this seems to be a not-so-good
    > solution to a problem that has to come up often this day in age when
    > practically every kid has a PC in their room.
    >
    > Furthermore, Microsoft should implement an allowed schedule of hours
    > for restricted users that can be managed by an admin user ... like
    > found in domain configurations, but at the PC level ... i.e. at 8:00
    > pm, she is forcibly logged off and not allowed back on until 6:00 pm.

    You can restrict when they can log in.
    http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_restrict_users.htm
    and
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/net_user.asp

    CyberPatrol might help:
    http://www.cyberpatrol.com/

    Access Boss may help:
    http://www.accessboss.com/

    Having Windows XP Home edition, you have less "administrative options" than
    Windows XP Professional Edition. 

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