Logging who log on

uch

Anybody know of any software that will log to a logfile who logs onto one of twenty PC's and when?

Ste.phen

This is built into windows, check the eventvwr security logs.
If you want to log it all centrally, you should probably have a domain controller or other central PC managing logins

uch

Yeah I know that but it's very time consuming logging onto 20 PC's and checking the eventviewer, I was wondering is there any piece of software that can log to central location.

Ginger

If you are a domain admin you can do it from any machine you are logged into. Just open computer management and right click to connect to another machine..

As for centrally located, its possible using WMI.. but require some scripting to do it

seamus

Well if it's a domain, you can add a single-line command to a batch script and insert it as the log on script. It's an easy one - Cap'n Midnight posted it recently.

thebman

Of course it serves little purpose when everyone just shares their passwords as if they were chewing gum. Want one?

Capt'n Midnight

If you don't have a server to run a logon script then make a one line batch file, save somewhere and have a link to it , put the link in startup in all users and run minimised
Echo %username% %date% %time% >> \\server\share\%computername%.txt

of course you need a server with a share on it that all the PC's can write to
and users can edit the text files

uch

Thanks Capt'n this worked a treat