Hi Randy, Here’s how to do it in Windows 10 (and probably 8):
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/set-time-limits-windows-10 For Windows 7: https://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/6900/windows-7-how-to-set-time-limits-for-a-child/ All the Best, Jim On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 00:17 Randy Dawson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Before I develop this, I thought it may already exist, and the classiccmp > mail list might be the place to ask. > > What we have, is the screen time problem with the kids. If we are not > there hounding and policing them, they will be on for hours. > > All the medical community says, we need to limit their screen time, as it > contributes to their AD disorder and schoolwork, homework failures. > > My idea was initially do this in hardware, with a timer, and a solid state > relay to gate the AC to the PC. > > On further thought, I should be able to do this in software, with a timer > that lets the PC run for an hour, and then shuts the PC down until the next > 24 hour cycle. > (Installs itself on windows startup) > > Has anybody seen this, before I re-invent the wheel? > > Randy >