angel0104 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 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..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I just keep it with a clock on the wall and good old paper <{POST_SNAPBACK}>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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_rob3 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 ok guysif we talk about paid programswhat is the best one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel0104 Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 please do help.... needed badly... what about shareware? is there any trial software out there? thnkas again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un4given1 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epic Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 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?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un4given1 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel0104 Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 mix os's. 98 and xp. something that will work on both environment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder2k Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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