a timer for the PC - screen tme for the kids

[Jim Manley]

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 at 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
>