how would you keep tally of which computers are free (around 400 of them)

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Currently I'm at a company which has a few floors of staff. They are having problems with allocating people, and I've been charged with goijg around every so often with a map of the building plotting where the free ones are.

Surely there must be some software or a method within xp for monitoring the pcs and churning out data on which ones are consistently free?

Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.
 
You could check the last login date of each user to determine which is constantly being used (or not). I'm sure, by logging into a Windows server, it could tell you.
 
I'm not sure everyone uses the same pc all the time, though I'm sure they do most of the time.

How best could you collate such information?
 
Not sure about finding out who logged in and when. But if you want a way to view which ones are free that specific moment, we use software called impero which lets you remote in to each system, but it also displays every system and shows you if anyone is logged in or not.
 
When I see threads like this I just laugh at how bad some company's IT departments are.

If you're posting a question like this on a forum, I'd suggest you shouldn't be working in IT.
 
Maybe it would be possible to do by pc station instead of users? The computers are in clusters with each desk with a id code.
 
Delvis said:
Not sure about finding out who logged in and when. But if you want a way to view which ones are free that specific moment, we use software called impero which lets you remote in to each system, but it also displays every system and shows you if anyone is logged in or not.
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Thanks ill have a look at it now.

estebanrey said:
When I see threads like this I just laugh at how bad some company's IT departments are.

If you're posting a question like this on a forum, I'd suggest you shouldn't be working in IT.
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Thanks for your useful input.

I don't work in IT you muppet, I'm merely trying to be helpful to the company.
 
estebanrey said:
When I see threads like this I just laugh at how bad some company's IT departments are.

If you're posting a question like this on a forum, I'd suggest you shouldn't be working in IT.
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He didn't say he was working in IT, only that he had been asked to see which PC's were free. Perhaps the company in question does not have an IT dept. at all?

Perhaps if you are such a Guru you could help this chap with a useful suggestion.
 
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How about the old fashioned way? Print out a time table for each PC and ask users to fill them in. If there are any further problems it can be directed at the people who did not bother filling in the sheet :)
 
Mind you, I can do reports as well with impero:

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estebanrey said:
When I see threads like this I just laugh at how bad some company's IT departments are.

If you're posting a question like this on a forum, I'd suggest you shouldn't be working in IT.
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And even if he did work in IT no one knows everything (bar you), the only way you learn is by asking questions. I'm sure sometimes you'll come across things you've not seen before.
 
Pate said:
I don't work in IT you muppet, I'm merely trying to be helpful to the company.
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Why aren't IT dealing with the issue?

fire_munki said:
And even if he did work in IT no one knows everything (bar you), the only way you learn is by asking questions. I'm sure sometimes you'll come across things you've not seen before.
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Never claimed people should know everything, it was the choice of resource I was questioning. OCUK GD is fine for asking for advice for buying a fridge or discussion on cats pooping in your garden but I wouldn't use it as a resource for resolving business issues.

Lt_Red said:
Perhaps the company in question does not have an IT dept. at all?
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With over 400 computers? Then they're pretty silly.

UncleRuckus said:
What would you suggest to solve this problem?
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Give people their own desks maybe then allocate a certain number of PCs as 'spares'. But that would be common sense :D
 
Pate: Also shows individual users who have logged on and for how long.

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As said early by lurkio...Spiceworks could be used, but it would be a pain to setup for such a small task as it where.
 
estebanrey said:
Give people their own desks maybe then allocate a certain number of PCs as 'spares'. But that would be common sense :D
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Don't you think that would depend on how the company operates? They could have more staff than PC's or a hotdesk policy.

He's after a software solution, you've yet to give an answer.
 
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