# IT/Programming Help

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-programming-help/242959/14 "2009-03-23T11:25:44Z")

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> [@Moving Truck???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moving-truck/16017/21):
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> What you’d have to do is make some kind of user lockout policy. You really cant do much to disable the machine, if you did and it wouldnt boot to windows… how would you revert back once the customer pays?

The client we are developing this for is a rent to own company. Basically they want software from us that will disable a pc and basically force the customer to bring in the computer to have it “fixed” and make a payment or it dosent get fixed.

Basically, we throw a garbage value into boot.ini so the pc won’t boot the OS.  
The customer then brings the pc in for repair and to make a payment. At which time we use a startup fix utility to repair the damaged boot.ini file.

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