How to limit the time to use Local accounts on Windows 10

Many cases are due to the nature of the work that a computer will be used in, or in the home when, the members use the same computer. In that case, creating a User on the computer is necessary to secure the data, as well as any activity that the previous user has used.

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So you know how to set the time to use the computer for each account or not? Users can completely set limits without the need for other accounts to access and use predefined features. In this article, Network Administrator will show you how to set up Windows usage time for all accounts on your computer.

In the article, we will work with user01 and user02 accounts created in the computer.

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Step 1:

Right-click on the Start button icon and select the Command Prompt (Admin) command.

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Step 2:

The Administrator Command Prompt interface appears.

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Here, we will proceed with setting up Windows usage time for accounts with a common command: net user / time :,

User : is the name of the account you want to set the time to use.In the lesson, I will take the example with user01 account.
Time : includes the limit of the week you want to set up (using English names of things and abbreviations Su, M, T, W, Th, F, Sa), a 12 hour period or 24 hours depending on according to the set purpose.

Step 3:

Proceed to set up. For example, I want to limit the time to use Windows for user01 accounts from 9:00 to 20:00 Sunday (Sunday), there will be the following statement:

net user user01 / time: Su, 9 am-8pm

After typing the command completely and pressing Enter , there will be a success message as shown below.

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Step 4:

If we want to limit the time for a computer account to use in the Monday (Friday) to Friday (Friday) period, the time from 8:00 to 17:00 then type:

net user user01 / time: MF, 8 am-5pm

Step 5:

Or you can limit to a longer command, the computer usage time limit for user01 from 8:00 to 16:00 on Saturday (Saturday) and from Monday (Friday) to Friday (Friday), in about 9 am to 18 o'clock. Use commas to separate time.

user01 net / time: Sa, 8 am-4pm; MF, 9 am-6pm

Step 6:

If you want to set up a homogeneous working time for all days of the week, for example, from 7 am to 12 pm and 13 am to 17 pm all days of the week have the following statements:

net user user01 / time: MF, 7 am-12am, MF, 1 pm-5pm

Step 7:

To return to the initial state when not set, click the command: net user user01 / time: all

By different commands, you can limit the time to use the computer for Windows accounts, with different time periods depending on the setup requirements.

Refer to the following articles:

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To enable or disable Sleep mode in Windows 10

How to turn off Windows 10 Auto Update?

I wish you all success!

Windows 10 Local account

Marvin Fry

Update 26 May 2019

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