my friend has a computer shop and he is asking me to help him. is there a free timer out there - - like when the customer logs in and the server just starts counting and when it logs out --- stop....

or better yet, can anyone give me a good, fast, small, flexible cybercafe timer. thanks to you all.....

I would like to have one too, but most of them are not for free.

I just keep it with a clock on the wall and good old paper but if there are good, free apps, I´m open for that .

I just keep it with a clock on the wall and good old paper

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Exactly! You have hit it on the head.

Well, there are good apps for this - but most are meant for far larger cyber cafe's or those that operate on franchise basis (with integrated member logins) across the country. And needless to say, these apps are quite expensive. And commercial establishments seriously should stay away from unlicensed usage of any kind.

ok guys

if we talk about paid programs

what is the best one?

please do help.... needed badly... what about shareware? is there any trial software out there? thnkas again...

Why not add a batch script to your logon script that writes a time to a file, and a batch script to your logoff script that writes another time?

Why not add a batch script to your logon script that writes a time to a file, and a batch script to your logoff script that writes another time?

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This wouldn't be such a bad idea. However, there would be an issue as someone will need to monitor the server at all times for that batch file.

Hes looking for something that would dynamically enter inself into an DB when the user logs on/off the PC. However, you could write something for the ODBC driver.

What OS is he using? Is there a server involved? Is there one logon, or a seperate logon for each PC? Do you create logons for each user? A little more information might make it easier to help.

mix os's. 98 and xp. something that will work on both environment...

I always taught that 2K/2K3 Server's ability to restrict logon hours would be a little helpful in the I-cafe biz. And you can use it through script; Net user /TIME. Also I believe group policy can be configured to auto logoff when logon hours expire.