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I am trying to find out if there is anyway to create a windows user account that has time restrictions set to it. The problem I am having is I have multiple users that need to use this one computer but I want to restrict their use to only one hour. What I would like to do is the log the person into the user account and after an hour the computer would automatically log the windows user out of the computer.

Jesseb
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  • might start here: http://superuser.com/questions/950660/windows-10-how-to-setup-login-time-limits-a-k-a-parental-controls-if-you-d although, everything I read, has specific times. Not a time span the way you are suggesting. – Musselman Feb 10 '17 at 04:03

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There is a setting you can set for any user account with time limits (i.e. User1 can use the computer only from 5 PM to 6 PM every day) but that does not seem to be what you want. You want to make usage limits.

The easiest solution (without using any third-party software) will probably be to use the Microsoft Family Features that could be applied on a Child Account. But for that, you'd have to use Microsoft Accounts instead of Local Accounts (I don't know if that is a problem for you.)

See some information how and what you can set over here

you can also set a maximum time per device that determines how many hours per day they can use them. For example, you might let them spend two hours a day on each device during the week, but give them more time on weekends.

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You can potentially utilize the built-in Task Scheduler function to create a task to do something very close to that.

  1. Open the Task Scheduler with admin privileges and create a task with an appropriate name and description, similar to this example:

General Tab

  1. Configure the Trigger to be At log on of any user:

Triggers Tab

  1. Configure the Action to be Start a program, navigate to C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe, and add the arguments /l /t 3600.

Actions Tab

This will automatically logoff the user after 3600 seconds, a.k.a. one hour. If you ever need to override this yourself, you can execute the shutdown /a command to abort the timer.

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  • But how would this prevent the user from logging in again? – Yisroel Tech Feb 10 '17 at 04:49
  • @YisroelTech, it wouldn't. It is an admittedly imperfect solution, but relatively simple (as well as no additional cost) compared to utilizing a full-sized Parental Controls software suite. – Run5k Feb 10 '17 at 04:52