Do you want to lock your computer clock and to forbid any computer user to change the computer time? If you want to lock the time setting on Windows, please read this article throughly, this is just an article about how to lock the time setting on Windows operating system, includes: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
My friend, Dennis Bright, ask me how to lock the time setting with Windows XP. Dennis Bright is an employer of a company, he want to disable the ability to change the computer time by his employees, since he was using the time clock of Windows for payroll. After studing a lot of document about how to lock the time setting I have got two ways to lock the time setting on Windows, whisech includs: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
1. Using Windows administrative tools to lock the time setting
This is native ability of the Windows XP operating system, you can follow steps listed below to lock the time setting with Windowx XP.
1. Open the Windows Control Panel and the Administrative Tools.
2. Click 'Local Security Policy'.
3. Click 'User Rights Assignments'.
4. Click 'Change System Time'.
5. Remove Power Users and all "extra" Admin. and or other users. So only administrators can change the time but not any other kind of users.
As you can see, this is not a perfect way to lock the time setting with Windows operating system time, there is another better way to lock the time setting with Windows.
2. Set a password to lock the time setting
In fact, you can use a password to disable or enable change of date and time on Windows operating systme, but you need to install a third-party software, which is 'Isurveillancesoft Shutdown Timer'. After installing it in your computer you can follow below steps to disable or enable change of time on Windows operating system, which includs: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
1. Open the operation UI of Isurveillancesoft
Shutdown Timer software. It is necessary to open the UI that the computer user input a password which you set when you install it into your computer.
2. Click 'Setting' tag to open 'Setting' page.
3. Tick 'Forbid Setting System Time' check box to lock the time setting.
4. Untick 'Forbid Setting System Time' check box to unlock the time setting.
Using the software, anyting becomes to so easy, the important thing is that only the password master can lock and unlock the time setting with Windows.
1. Download it from '
here'.
2. Run the downloaded file, and follow it's installation wizard to install it.
