Anti gaming software

[utkarsh007]

Hey can anyone tell me a software by which i can schedule gaming coz mah brother is a game maniac and i want to limit his gaming without changing his account from admin to standard.

[pra85]

this might help

Anti Game - GamesNoMore - EasySmallSoft

[gameranand]

I can't understand why you guys always hesitate to change account from admin to normal. I mean if you use normal account you are more secure because you don't have admin privilage so virus and any program has to face that. And if you are admin you are insecure. Why not just one admin account to rule them all and other normal account?? Whats the problem with that??

[doomgiver]

Originally Posted by gameranand

I can't understand why you guys always hesitate to change account from admin to normal. I mean if you use normal account you are more secure because you don't have admin privilage so virus and any program has to face that. And if you are admin you are insecure. Why not just one admin account to rule them all and other normal account?? Whats the problem with that??

rings, man, you gotta have rings if you wanna rule anything.

QUOTE " GamesNoMore blocks only the games which use the Microsoft DirectX libraries and OpenGL features in their work. They are the following: Doom 3, GTA 3, Half Life 2. We consider that the utter interest in such games may cause serious damage to a child’s mind. The cases of murders in the USA schools are the proof of this fact." UNQUOTE

heresy!!! these guys should be hung till death.
reminds me of a pic of a muslim with a banner, which read "behead those who say islam is violent", lol

[utkarsh007]

Originally Posted by gameranand

I can't understand why you guys always hesitate to change account from admin to normal. I mean if you use normal account you are more secure because you don't have admin privilage so virus and any program has to face that. And if you are admin you are insecure. Why not just one admin account to rule them all and other normal account?? Whats the problem with that??

Actually the problem i that i wanna scedule one game i.e, assassins creed brotherhood and by making a limited acc, even if we wanna access some other program, it always asks for admin rights and that irritates a lot. Apart from this, it is a common tendency of ery1 to have all d supreme powers in their hand

Originally Posted by pra85

this might help

Anti Game - GamesNoMore - EasySmallSoft

Hey by this, it bans the game. I want a program by which my bro can play games for only 1 hr and then the game closes down itself and on the same date, he will not be able to play more.

[doomgiver]

that will be pretty hard to do.
a vb script maybe? too crude?

best : install linux. no major games available yet

[nims11]

create a script that moves the executable of the game to some deep location and then replaces it back when the scheduled tym comes!

but it will be a problem if your bro keeps playing when the scheduled tym ends as the script won't be able to delete the file. but there must be a way

[nisargshah95]

Two things you can do are -

Install the game in C:\Documents and settings\Administrator folder so that a standard account does not have access to it.

Then run the command

net user <user> /time:M- F,16:00-17:00

so that your brother can only login to the Administrator account between 4pm and 5pm (or any other relevant time) and play the game (and of course he should not know about your command).

PS - I liked nims11's idea. To his problem, i guess the net user <user> /time:M- F,16:00-17:00 command will work fine (unless of course you are willing to give up the admin account for 1 hour).

[nims11]

^^ good one.. but if his brother has some computer knowledge, he will easily change it when he has access to the admin account during the scheduled period.

[utkarsh007]

Originally Posted by nims11

^^ good one.. but if his brother has some computer knowledge, he will easily change it when he has access to the admin account during the scheduled period.

The main problem is this only. He knows a lot but he is very poor in vb script so that might work.
But still there is no proper vb script for it

[nims11]

^^ even if he doesnt know that net user command, he might make a new unrestricted admin account when he has access to the admin acc during scheduled tym!

[nisargshah95]

Originally Posted by nims11

^^ even if he doesnt know that net user command, he might make a new unrestricted admin account when he has access to the admin acc during scheduled tym!

LOL yeah. Another way is to set up a keylogger and then catch him red handed!

[utkarsh007]

Hey problem solved.
He finished the game and now mah pc is free till he catches a new game so if u get any such software kindly inform me

[thetechfreak]

Originally Posted by utkarsh007

He finished the game and now mah pc is free till he catches a new game so if u get any such software kindly inform me

Very temporary solution.



See this-maybe you can do it for games - not sure-

How to disable programs that run when you start Windows XP Home Edition or Windows Vista



There is nothing that serves your purpose other that the second post

[Sam]

take backup of main execution file in a pendrive & delete the file from game folder. problem solved (temporarily).

[utkarsh007]

Originally Posted by thetechfreak

Very temporary solution.



See this-maybe you can do it for games - not sure-

How to disable programs that run when you start Windows XP Home Edition or Windows Vista



There is nothing that serves your purpose other that the second post

Thnx buddy but this wont work coz he can play for a max of 1 hr

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by utkarsh007

Hey can anyone tell me a software by which i can schedule gaming coz mah brother is a game maniac and i want to limit his gaming without changing his account from admin to standard.

there are apps available which will limit the pc usage but game lockers r rarely available....

I guess u r irritated of him bcoz u dnt get chance to work on PC when he games...

so solutions are many:
1)Buy him PSP/PS3/XBOX 360
2)Buy him a laptop
3)Delete the Save game files...he will be frustated to play again...
4)Install the PC scheduler apps which monitors usage & put limiting hrs

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Zangetsu

so solutions are many:
1)Buy him PSP/PS3/XBOX 360
2)Buy him a laptop
3)Delete the Save game files...he will be frustated to play again...
4)Install the PC scheduler apps which monitors usage & put limiting hrs

opt for 3 please. next time you turn on, all his works will be gone

[nims11]

Originally Posted by Sam

opt for 3 please. next time you turn on, all his works will be gone

thats evil!!

[thetechfreak]

you can keep all your work in a write protected, password proted rar file

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by nims11

thats evil!!

Yeah but it gets work done without any hassles. When he got frustrated tell him to slow down and you are good to go.

Other solution is not delete his saves but keep them somewhere he can't find and delete from the default location and blackmail him.

[The Conqueror]

Originally Posted by Zangetsu

3)Delete the Save game files...he will be frustated to play again...

On the contrary, I feel doing so might actually make him play More.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by nims11

thats evil!!

that was Zangetsu idea.

Originally Posted by thetechfreak

you can keep all your work in a write protected, password proted rar file

is it practical?

Originally Posted by gameranand

Other solution is not delete his saves but keep them somewhere he can't find and delete from the default location and blackmail him.

this is evil.

[abhidev]

Once you delete the save games he would play it for the second time but later he himself will uninstall the game.........

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by Sam

this is evil.

Well there are not a whole lot of softwares for that so he have to be evil to get his job done or has a choice to suffer.

Originally Posted by abhidev

Once you delete the save games he would play it for the second time but later he himself will uninstall the game.........

Exactly.

[thetechfreak]

Originally Posted by gameranand

Well there are not a whole lot of softwares for that so he have to be evil to get his job done or has a choice to suffer.

Did loads of Google and Bing search but I just couldnut find and software that servies this purpose properly.


OP, you may have to go for something manual/evil

[gameranand]

Originally Posted by thetechfreak

OP, you may have to go for something manual/evil

There is nothing left for manual. I actually had similar problems when my sis started playing NFS MW. That time I searched the whole net for many days finding a peaceful solution but didn't found one which don't include programming and complications. Actually I introduced her to this but later I had to delete her saves many times and told her to either play in a controlled way or play again and again. I am glad she chose 1st option.

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by abhidev

Once you delete the save games he would play it for the second time but later he himself will uninstall the game.........

depends upon his patience....otherwise its frustating to play a game frm start when u had completed 70~75%....

u urself must have encountered this situation many times

[nims11]

^^ happened with me when i had completed 50% in GTA san andreas and my brother asked me to complete a mission in his "save". i completed his mission and then accidently saved his savefile over mine!! but i didnt give up and again played it all!