Restrict Logon Access in Microsoft Windows

One Way to Restrict Logon Access in Windows
Article from: Mike Mullins
Date: Aug 30, 2007
assistant network administrator and a network security administrator for the U.S. Secret Service and the Defense Information Systems Agency.

This is for Home user and small workgroup of computers, the process takes a few extra steps using net user command.

1. Go to Start | Run then type cmd, and click Ok, on MS Dos prompt type net user
(this display a list of user accounts on the machine.)

2. Then decide Which account you want to restrict to the computer at a given time

example :

Administrator User2
User1 User 3

3. If you want to restrict User1 to use the computer at 8AM to 1PM, then issue a command like this in MS Dos prompt window.

net user User1 /time: M-Su 8am-1pm (Then press the Enter Key)

another example if you want User2 to user the computer between 8AM to 11AM on " M-W-F" and 1pm to 5pm on" T-TH-S", then issue a command like this

net user User2 /time: M,W,F 8am-11am; T,Th,S 1pm-5pm (Then press the Enter key)

This is just a few example on how to restrict your logon access for users using MS Window$, you can only restrict using hour only and you can use abbreviation for the day (i.e., M,T,W,Th,F,Sa,Su)

Note: This only apply when user has not logon yet on the machine, it will not automatically log-off... cheers :) happy exploring