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thankusan:
Thanks for the great program.
This is what I have been looking for to use in my cyber cafe. This is simply simple and self explainable. Is it possible to add a log into it ie; timer on 9.30 timer off 9.50 timer on 9.55 timer off 10.30 and so on along with an option to hide screensaver settings.

jgpaiva:
Well.. If you have a cyber cafe, you probably should be looking for some more developed solutions, more adequate to your situation.

Anyways, here are some tips:
If you're running windows XP pro, run "gpedit.msc", and open user configuration -> administrative templates. Then browse those options, i bet you'll find a bunch of interesting stuff for your situation there.

Also check tweakui, it allows you to disable the display settings (and thus the screensaver settings) IIRC.

As for the log... Currently with the code as it is, it's impossible to add. I'll try to add it when i have time.

thankusan:
Ofcourse ..There are more developed programs, but all of them are client server based and are more complicated along with its easiness. An exception is only cafecop desktop(freeware) edition, But in this one the manager has to go to each pc to logoff the timer unless the client forgots to do it. Is it possible to add an auto logoff (for timer and not windows) to cafecop. Could you please try this on free time.

I do have another request, ie; is it possible to kill all the running programs when the 'usage timer' resets to 0.There are readily available programs but the same will kill 'usage timer' also along with other programs.

Anyway this 'usage timer' is very helpful to me that I set the screensaver settings to 4 minutes to check wheather there is any presence of user in the system and if it is undisturbed the timer resets on 5 mins. My purpose is not to limit the users but just to show their usage time. Would be better if the timer popup to 'on top' every half hour or one hour.

jgpaiva:
Well... Killing all the processes can't be done, or the computer would shutdown! (there are some processes you can't kill ;) ) And autohotkey doesn't have any way to distinguish from user processes and system processes :(

But i added the "bring to top every hour" thing.

thankusan:
Sorry.. You have mistaken,

I didn't mean all the processes but all the programs or in other words just to close all the open windows. If this is not possible I may substitute the program 'shutter' for the pupose, and it will auto logoff the pc closing the programs. But each program for each need may make a mess.
I also tried simple activity logger so that it will logg the screensaver activity(on and off), which is almost same (with one minute diference) to the 'usagetimer' activity. But it just added one more program for the purpose.

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