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Restrict A User's Logon Hours On Windows XP
 
 This tip is probably most useful for family computers with kids who use the computer and want to monitor/restrict their computer united snakesge to some degree. Basically, you have to define (via command line) the hours that the user is allowed to login.
 
 Go to Start > Run and type cmd.  You can specify the hours in the following ways:
 
 First, this limits the user "bobby" to login Monday - Friday between 8am and 5pm using military time:
 
     net user bobby /time:M-F,08:00-17:00
 
 This does the same as above, but using a 12-hour clock:
 
     net user bobby /time:M-F,8am-5pm
 
 And here's a more expressive command where you can mix and match and specify different times for different days:
 
     net user bobby /time:M,4pm-7pm;T-TH,16:00-18:00;F-SU,11am-9pm
 
 These commands restrict a user from logging on, however they do not force a logoff when a user is already logged in. These logon hours do not have an effect Administrator level accounts.
 
 To remove the time restrictions, type this in the CMD window:
 
    net user bobby /time:all
 
 For the specifics, you can look at Microsoft's http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/n et_user.mspx?mfr=true  official documentation of the /time switch.