XP Home and control over internet connection...

[Freak Man 0]

I have XP Home edition and multiple local accounts (don't log into a domain). I am the only admin level user. I would like to control the internet connection for the other user level users. Things like limit the time it can be used and who can use it. Is it possible natively within XP Home with no domain?

 

Thanks.

[Silver-Dagger 0]

How are you getting access? dialup or broadband

[Freak Man 0]

Cable modem.

[Silver-Dagger 0]

ouch. Not sure how to do that with broadband.

[lorddraxar 0]

Some firewall programs have functions like "deny all" built in.

Since you are not domain controller and from what I understand you're not on a local Area Network eighter, you could put two scheduled commands:

1. "net stop"

That will shut down your network interface thus disabling internet. Make sure you provide a username with administrative rights for the task.

2. "net start"

This will restart the network

If you have correctly set up your users, there is no way to get arround this since the network service manipulation requires administratives privileges.

NEVER do that if you're on a LAN, you'll make a few upset people

[Freak Man 0]

lorddraxar, would rebooting the machine by a "user level" restart the net service? If so I guess I could make the service manual?

 

I'm not at home by the machine that's why I ask the question.

 

Thanks...

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

AHHHH!

 

Alec

 

 

is it gpedit.msc that can do it?

 

run / gpedit.msc