which user?which computer?
Hi,I’m running windows 2003 and clients are xp sp3,is there any way too find out which user log in on which computer?thanks
December 22nd, 2009 9:48pm

There is no good way to tell. AD does keep track. You can use logon and logoff scripts to write information to a shared file and use this to tell which user last logged into (and perhaps is still logged into) a given computer. I have example logon and logoff (also startup and shutdown) scripts that log information linked on this page:http://www.rlmueller.net/Logon5.htmAnother option is to query a server for sessions, but this is not reliable (sessions come and go depending on user activity on the server), and is only practical if there are just a few servers. For example: Option Explicit Dim objDC, objSession Set objDC = GetObject("WinNT://MyServer/LanmanServer") For Each objSession In objDC.Sessions Wscript.Echo objSession.Name Wscript.Echo objSession.User Wscript.Echo objSession.Computer Next The computer is often identified by IP address. A final option is to enable auditing, but the resulting logs are large and difficult to parse.Richard MuellerMVP ADSI
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December 23rd, 2009 1:10am

Hi Mahyar,This is not possible as richard mentioned. If you know the FQDN then you can query the registry to pull up the information.I find utilites which populates clients along with their ipaddress eg: Hostname to Ipaddress
December 23rd, 2009 5:28am

Hello Mahyar, Among other features, UserLock monitors user sessions in realtime and let you know who is connected, from which workstation(s), for how long, etc. Best, Franois Amigorena President & CEO IS Decisions (Security Software) http://www.isdecisions.com
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September 30th, 2010 10:25am

Thanks Francois,
October 2nd, 2010 6:12am

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