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Partico is a free tool that allow you to restrict one or more Windows user accounts in time that they may be available per day. In other words, it's designed to prevent your children from spending too much time in front of PC.

Disclaimer

Please take in mind the following:

• Partico is not suitable for "advanced" children. Despite it is hidden a bit, it still can be revealed and disabled, as long it uses no special protection techniques. Use it if your child is not expected to check such places as Control panel, hidden folders etc.

Why Partico is ...? Why it does't has ....?

Originally, Partico was designed for internal purproses. I just wrote a tool that I needed, and spent only about two hours designing, debugging and testing it (while learning Ruby as well).

However, I decided to share my work and have published it - "as is", with no guarantees that it will fit a particular purprose.
Use it in case it suits you. I'll be happy if you find it useful.

License

ParTiCo version 1.0
Copyright (c) 2010 by S.Tushev
All rights reserved.

WARNING: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAWS

License Agreement
By downloading, installing and using Partico ("THE PRODUCT") you agree to the following:

- All copyrights to THE PRODUCT are exclusively owned by S.Tushev
- THE PRODUCT is freeware.
- You may not alter this software in any way; you may not use or distribute any part of the original package. Also you are not allowed to emulate, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer any executable part of original package. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.
- THE PRODUCT IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
- You may make as many copies of the freeware version of this distribution package as you wish; you may give exact copies of the original freeware version of this distribution package; distribute the freeware version of this distribution package in its unmodified form via electronic means. There is no charge for any of the above.
- Installing and using THE PRODUCT signifies acceptance of these terms and conditions of the license. If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must remove THE PRODUCT files from your storage devices and cease to use the product. 

System requirements

1. Windows XP SP2 or SP3 (Professional version recommended) (Vista and 7 not tested, but may work as well)
2. a separate user account with a password that you are going to restrict
3. schtasks.exe tool (see below)

schtasks.exe is a tool provided with Professional version of Windows. If you have Home Edition, you have to download this tool from somewhere on the Web and put it into windows\system32 directory. I cannot publish it right here due to the license restrictions.

To check, whether you have schtasks.exe, press Win key +R, type cmd, press Enter and then type schtasks. If a list appears after you press Enter, then schtasks is installed on your system

Installation

1. Download partico.zip
2. Make sure your system meet all the requirements
3. Unzip partico.zip somewhere
4. Run install.cmd and carefully go through the instructions.

Download Partico

When using Partico, a black dos window may appear for a moments while working with a limited account. This is absolutely normal.