Burgaud Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I know "game" is not allowed in AutoIt. But this is not about gaming, rather preventing it. My kid is having online classes and obviously using a computer for it. I want to disable all games on his computer during online class time. I tried writing a script that constantly monitors running apps by matching the processname to a list of games. unfortunately, this method is untenable as he can simply change the exe file name. Is there a way to determine if an app is a game simply by how it uses the graphics interface? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikell Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 If the game use dedicated dll you might try to get the processname with 'tasklist /m xxx.dll' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Hello, perhaps you can solve your issue by using the opposite approach: "Everything forbidden except ...". Search for "white listing (Microsoft Applocker) and Code Integrity (WDAC) Earthshine 1 Earth is flat, pigs can fly, and Nuclear Power is SAFE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Another easy way would be to create 2 separate users for each child. One for week-end and evening, one for week days and day light time. You can create those users and enable parental control to specify time slots. Then you can authorize/block access to folders depending of the users. “They did not know it was impossible, so they did it” ― Mark Twain Spoiler Block all input without UAC Save/Retrieve Images to/from Text Monitor Management (VCP commands) Tool to search in text (au3) files Date Range Picker Virtual Desktop Manager Sudoku Game 2020 Overlapped Named Pipe IPC HotString 2.0 - Hot keys with string x64 Bitwise Operations Multi-keyboards HotKeySet Recursive Array Display Fast and simple WCD IPC Multiple Folders Selector Printer Manager GIF Animation (cached) Screen Scraping Multi-Threading Made Easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthshine Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) something like this might be easy to manage for you too https://ht-vector.com/how-to-block-games.html that can block all browser games with one click. writing your own tool is going to be a big job, one which you may not have time for. i would opt for this tool because it's super comprehensive, you can monitor everything and get emails about it too so you can remote monitor Edited January 21, 2021 by Earthshine My resources are limited. You must ask the right questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuzzled Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) <snip> Edited January 28, 2021 by JLogan3o13 mikell and Musashi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted January 28, 2021 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Confuzzled said: <snip> I think the OP came here for suggestions on how to overcome something programmatically, not for a lecture on his parenting style. Let's either help him or don't, but keep the commentary internal. "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockoDundee Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/20/2021 at 4:49 PM, Burgaud said: unfortunately, this method is untenable as he can simply change the exe file name. Child processes can be hard to track Burgaud 1 Code hard, but don’t hard code... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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