harunaksoy Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 I saw this nice feature in Vista and i was wondering if it is possible to to have this in XP too.http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews...review3_008.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snrub Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 AFAIK, "logon hours restrictions" are only available for domain users, not local user accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gouki Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Im gonna nLite that part when I get Vista! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 These restrictions are also available in Windows XP, but can only be set through the command line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snrub Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 (edited) These restrictions are also available in Windows XP, but can only be set through the command line.NET USER username /times:...Does that work in XP Home too, or just Professional?(Never installed XP Home in my life)Edit:Also, the feature is not exactly the same - the method in XP prevents users logging on outside of the specified hours, but does not kick them off if they are already logged on when the time expires.Vista forces a desktop lock when the time period expires so the user has to authenticate to get back into their session, so it checks the time and refuses to unlock. Edited December 25, 2005 by Mr Snrub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harunaksoy Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 Ah, we have to wait for Vista then, 8 months left right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 There's a policy in Secpol.msc: Local Policies > Security Options > Network Security > Force logoff when logon hours expireI don't know what or where exactly this will be applicable (domain?), as there's no explanation. But then "Local" would imply local computer, wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snrub Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 There's a policy in Secpol.msc: Local Policies > Security Options > Network Security > Force logoff when logon hours expireI don't know what or where exactly this will be applicable (domain?), as there's no explanation. But then "Local" would imply local computer, wouldn't it?For a workgroup XP client this defaults to disabled, I set up a repro in Virtual PC and turned this on, and had a test user account with a 1-hour logon window.I rebooted the client to be certain the policy change had taken effect, set the clock back to 5 minutes before the end of the logon window and logged the test user in.Logon expiration time came and went, user was not logged off and was able to continue working and launching new apps.Lock the workstation or log off the user and the user then cannot re-authenticate, but nothing occurred automatically.I think the key is Network Security, implying not a local logon session setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Thanks Mr Snrub for testing this.I'm still puzzled about this: local policies and network logon in XP Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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