how can i track pc usage?

[helpimcrap]

i.e. when windows/the pc is on?

at the moment the pc is password protected but is there a simple report i can run once a week to show me what time it was signed on and for how long?


windows xp home and ie8 if it helps.

 

[helpimcrap]

Spying on the wife?

nah lol.

i was just wondering if there was an easy way of doing it with regards to kids etc?

 

[helpimcrap]

You can write 2x .bat files to write to a log file for log on and log off, username and date/time, just use GPO to call the .bat?

Example:

Echo off
echo Username\%username%; Date\%date%; Time\%time%; >>c:\Activity.txt

Copy the Bold text to a .Bat file, call it Logon.bat, then run GPEDIT.msc and under User Config/Windows Settings/Scripts, you add the logon.bat to the Startup and also to the logoff...

Each time a user logs in, the bat file will run silently and add the details to the Activity.txt file on the root of C:\.

i'll try the event viewer first, then this. cheers peeps.

 

[helpimcrap]

You can write a .bat file to write to a log file for log on and log off, username and date/time, just use GPO to call the .bat?

Example:

Echo off
echo Username\%username%; Date\%date%; Time\%time%; >>c:\Activity.txt

Copy the Bold text to a .Bat file, call it Logon.bat, then run GPEDIT.msc and under User Config/Windows Settings/Scripts, you add the logon.bat to the Startup and also to the logoff...

Each time a user logs in, the bat file will run silently and add the details to the Activity.txt file on the root of C:\.

epedit i don't have. will autoexec.bat be ok instead?

 

[helpimcrap]

can anyone expand on this?

 

[helpimcrap]

Google: gpedit.msc on xp home

There are loads of results on how to add this XP Pro feature to XP Home, but i've never tried it myself.

ah right, it's a pro thingy. i'll look into it in the absence of alternatives bar kiddy monitors.