Solved Enforce Child Hours?

DekHog · Aug 6, 2024

Is there any way to enforce times my child can use the PC as it's getting totally out of hand now with school holidays (found her sound asleep in the PC chair at 6.30am this morning!) - I don't want to use MS Family Safety as I'm not using a MS account. She's currently got Admin rights to save her from bothering me all the time about installing apps etc, so I'm guessing if this is possible I'd have to revert her to a standard User account? The PC is running Win 11 Pro..... Group Policy Editor maybe?

idgat · Aug 6, 2024

DekHog said:
She's currently got Admin rights to save her from bothering me all the time about installing apps etc,

Cold, hard, cruel facts ... this would suggest a lack of parental direction, appropriately applied would resolve this issue of time usage

Alternatively, remove the device from the personal space, put it in a more public area of the residence where greater control could be enforced

Plenty of software around, but it's a bit like Microsoft and Windows ... as soon as a control is introduced that the user don't want/like, they'll find a way around it

TairikuOkami · Aug 6, 2024

Restrict internet for specific hours on the router, there is not much to do on a computer or on a phone without the internet.

idgat · Aug 6, 2024

TairikuOkami said:
Restrict internet for specific hours on the router, there is not much to do on a computer or on a phone without the internet.

All well and good for the target user, but the rest of the household has to suffer those limits as well

kelper · Aug 6, 2024

Perhaps your router will allow restrictions based on her machine's MAC address? How old is she? You can put more restrictions on a nine-year-old than a 15-year-old!

kelper · Aug 6, 2024

This should work on Windows 10 or 11.

How to configure time restrictions to a local account on Windows 10

If you share your computer with multiple people, you can use this guide to set time restrictions to their accounts using Command Prompt on Windows 10.

www.windowscentral.com

Keep in mind that signed in users won't get kicked out of their accounts in the event they signed in within the allowed time. This is only to prevent users from accessing an account outside of the time limits.

Perhaps you need to set some rules and be firm. I think it unwise to give a child admin rights but I am not a parent!!!

kelper · Aug 6, 2024

I found this which is OK if you have W11 Pro, Enterprise or Education

Guide: Restrict a Normal Windows 10 Account Login Hours

Update March 2021: One final point that I didn’t originally mention - the account that you want to be logged off automatically cannot be an Administrator account. You can instead have an administrator account that is separate, that you use to do thing that require elevated privileges.

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Rollback_Jockey · Aug 6, 2024

idgat said:
All well and good for the target user, but the rest of the household has to suffer those limits as well

A decent router will allow you to restrict a specified MAC address

Rollback_Jockey · Aug 6, 2024

DekHog said:
Is there any way to enforce times my child can use the PC as it's getting totally out of hand now with school holidays (found her sound asleep in the PC chair at 6.30am this morning!) - I don't want to use MS Family Safety as I'm not using a MS account. She's currently got Admin rights to save her from bothering me all the time about installing apps etc, so I'm guessing if this is possible I'd have to revert her to a standard User account? The PC is running Win 11 Pro..... Group Policy Editor maybe?

Good old fashioned boundaries are the answer here i think.

Bree · Aug 6, 2024

DekHog said:
I don't want to use MS Family Safety as I'm not using a MS account.

kelper said:
Perhaps your router will allow restrictions based on her machine's MAC address?

Rollback_Jockey said:
A decent router will allow you to restrict a specified MAC address

Even my ISP-supplied router can select an individual device to restrict. As DekHog is UK-based they may even have a BT Smart Hub like mine....

kelper · Aug 6, 2024

Bree said:
Even my ISP-supplied router can select an individual device to restrict. As DekHog is UK-based they may even have a BT Smart Hub like mine....

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Yes, but restrict on MAC not IP address as the latter can change. You may need to secure the router in a locked cupboard as any savvy young person would just factory reset the router.

Bree · Aug 6, 2024

kelper said:
Yes, but restrict on MAC not IP address as the latter can change.

Yes, the BT Hub restrictions are MAC-based.

kelper · Aug 6, 2024

It's much simpler just to use the net user {account name] /time: commands

I just set net user marti /time:M-F, 07:00-08:00, 12:00-1300, 1800-22:00

~~Seems that this works on MS and local accounts.~~

It only works on local accounts.

But as the child has admin rights she can just clear the restrictions.

bobkn · Aug 6, 2024

DekHog said:
Is there any way to enforce times my child can use the PC as it's getting totally out of hand now with school holidays (found her sound asleep in the PC chair at 6.30am this morning!) - I don't want to use MS Family Safety as I'm not using a MS account. She's currently got Admin rights to save her from bothering me all the time about installing apps etc, so I'm guessing if this is possible I'd have to revert her to a standard User account? The PC is running Win 11 Pro..... Group Policy Editor maybe?

Just curious: what age is your daughter?

If she's a tween or a teen, that may complicate matters.

DekHog · Aug 6, 2024

Sorry guys, I'm not getting notifications of replies! Just reading through the replies now. The little sh*t is 11 years old. It's a shared computer, but myself not having access the hours I'd be restricting wouldn't affect myself. I'll look at the router option (Vodafone) first and let you know..... thanks.

DekHog · Aug 6, 2024

OK, no option to restrict based on MAC on crappy Vodafone router...... onwards and upwards..... she's going back to a standard user account anyway, so will make things easier - about to look at the 'net user' option.....

DekHog · Aug 7, 2024

net user /time did the trick (and she's been reverted to a standard user).... had a look at GPE but the command line option just seemed easier..... Thanks to all.

kelper · Aug 7, 2024

But that won't log her out at bedtime. It will prevent her logging in within a restricted period, but once logged in, she can stay logged in forever.

DekHog · Aug 7, 2024

kelper said:
But that won't log her out at bedtime. It will prevent her logging in within a restricted period, but once logged in, she can stay logged in forever.

Ah, back to square one! Children are here simply to keep you on your toes and spend all your money..... looks like MS account then..,.

kelper · Aug 7, 2024

Not necessary. Which version of Windows 11 do you have ie Home, Pro or what? Your system specs say it's Pro?

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