Are you looking for an excellent parental control software which can limit the computer time of your kids? Today, computers and the internet are useful tools which can offer a high level of entertainment and education. Sometimes it may be impractical for parents to sit and watch their kids for hours while they do their homework, or parents may still be at work when their kids get home from school. Some kids are just a bit mischievous and sneak onto the computer late at night to play games or chat with their friends. So what is the solution? An excellent parental time control software will keep your kids safe, on task and out of trouble. Following are some ways and utility to set timer for Windows 7 to control kid's computer time.

 

1. Create A Task Scheduler To Set A Timer For Windows 7 To Control Kid's Computer Time.

 

1) Type "Task Scheduler" In the Windows start menu search box, right click the item and select "Run as Administrator" then enter your user credentials for the UAC prompt and click "Yes" to open it.

 

2) Click on Task Scheduler Library, which is located on the left pane of Task Scheduler, then click the "Actions" menu and click Create Task menu item to open the Create Task Window.

 

3) Set a name and description for a task in the Create Task window which is under the General tab, dot the "Run whether user is logged on or not" radio box and then tick the "Run with highest privileges" check box, be sure to set the "Configure for:" for your flavor of Windows.

 

4) Click the "New" button at the Actions tab to open a "New Action" dialog box. Type shutdown.exe at the edit box of "Program/script:" and type /s /f at "Add arguments", then click the OK button.

 

5) Click the Triggers tab to create a new trigger that you want for the task, as everyone's needs will be different, I just highlighted a few of the ones that need to be set to give some ideas.

 

6) After completed these steps you will be prompted to enter your user credentials one last time and then click "OK" to finish creating the task. Now, when your computer be in use at the scheduled shutdown time you will get a dialog box stating that you are about to be logged off.

 

The advantage by this way is that this is a native ability of Windows 7, so you need not to install another third-party software into your computer, but there are some flaws: First, any one can stop the shutdown task. Second, kids can change the computer time to bypass the shutdown timer.

 

2. Set A Password Protected Timer For Windows 7 To Control Kid's Computer Time

 

In this way, it is necessary to install a Professional Shutdown Timer to the computer, you can download it from 'HERE' for free. You can set a password for the Profesional Shutdown Timer when you install it into your computer. After your installed it in your computer, the software will lock the computer time automatically, so any other computer user can not change the computer time. However, you can change the computer time easily by your password.

 

You can set multiple shutdown task by the Professional Shutdown Timer, so you can make a perfect plan to limit kid's computer time on your computer. The Professional Shutdown Timer can perfectly run under Windows 7 and other Windows operating system, which include Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 8. Now, you can download it for free by clicking the following button.