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Freeware that leNDs
advantage to parents MOST parents are worried about the Net usage by their children because of several considerations. Now there is a freeware that can control Net access on a PC. NetDisable is a small utility through which you can set time during which children will be unable to access the Internet though they will be able to do other work on the computer. NetDisable (ND) This is a simple Network
control application. Its main purpose is to control children’s usage
of the Internet. You can set time limits and between those limits, the
pre-defined ports will be closed. You can simply define that between
1400 and 2200 hours, the computer can use the network, and from 2200 to
1400 hours the next day, the Internet (or other ports) will be closed.
This is to help parents control the time their child spends on the Net.
Some children can sit in front of the PC chatting the whole night and
some parents are tired of controlling when the child should be on the
network or not. ND is configured with an administrative password, which
ensures that the application cannot be shut down without the password.
You can’t even ‘Kill’ the process (using Windows NT Task manager)
because the application isn’t listed there. This makes the ND
completely safe to count on. ND keeps looking for open connections. If a
connection is opened on one of the defined ports, outside the defined
"Open" period, ND will close the connection as soon as it
opens. ND keeps looking for system time changes, if the user has
permission to change the system time changes, ND will go to Alert mode
and close all connections. The alert can only be "disarmed" by
entering the administration mode (password protected). This is to ensure
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