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Set time limits for users in Windows 7

If you would not like your kid to login unless he finishes his home work or want to fix just 2 hrs of day for him to use computer, Windows 7 comes with an out of the box features which allows you to set Time limits or blocking user for some part of the day,  for any account except administrator accounts.

Set time limit for user account

  • Go to Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Parental Controls
  • Select the user account which you want to limit
  • Set Time Limit for which hours of the day user is allowed to use the computer. Blue indicates blocked time.

Windows 7 parental settingsParental setting also allows you to block some programs which you would not like the user to use.

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Posted on 19th May 2009 by Ashish Mohta , A Professional Tech blogger, Editor and Writer who talks about solving day to day problems of people who use computer. He also writes on How to use the applications like Office, PC tips, Online tools,Browsers and more. All posts by Ashish Mohta | Connect with me @ Twitter | Linkedin | Facebook | Stumble

One Comment »

  • George said:

    How do U set the Family Safety\Parental Controls
    for a user if on a 2008 domain using windows 7. I have a child who is getting her own PC and want to enforce it from the domain level

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