windows - How to restrict Steam games to 1 hour per day?

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2014-07
  • BenAdamson

    I would like to know if there is a very simple, free program that will restrict my gaming time to one hour per day. However, all of the programs I have found are designed to be 'net nanny' etc. as well, and require a parent to have admin powers on the same machine while I would not. As I have my own PC which I need admin access on, this would not work.

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  • Carl B

    There is always the option to put a timer on the outlet that you game from and maybe use a seperate router to that power outlet.

    timer

    It will simply shut the power off to that router, no internet access. It can be foiled if you do not stay dedicated to the goal, but an option none the less.


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  • Kyle_the_hacker

    You have two options:

    • with ghostscript:

      gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=%stdout% -c .setpdfwrite -f locked.pdf > unlocked.pdf

    • with pdf2ps and ps2pdf (slower):

      pdf2ps locked.pdf - | ps2pdf - unlocked.pdf

      If the unlocked PDF contains error, try to decompose the commands (ps2pdf have sometimes problems with a streamed input):

      pdf2ps locked.pdf unlocked.ps
ps2pdf unlocked.ps unlocked.pdf