At %prevjob%, the way we did this was to use 2 text files, one for the username, the other for the workstation. They were saved in a server and updated at each logon.
They contained the date, time, username & workstation. Easy enough to look up who the normal user was of any desktop. T Typed slowly on HTC Desire On 7 Jun 2011 20:17, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > Greetings! > > We have been directed to have all our workstations named with a department > code, a location (State) code, and the Dell (mostly) service tag number... > > There is a script which will tell us, in AD, who the last person is to > have logged into that machine. > > PROBLEM: > > 1. In the summer, we have like 18 student workers. They must find an > unoccupied desk. If the "owner" of that desk comes in, they must move. > They have no assigned desk. (A single user may need to move 3 times > during a single shift.) > > 2. SO, in my phone system console, or in my VIPRE console, I see that the > machine named [gibberish] has had some sort of issue with the VoIP system, > or that there is a malware infection (and we may need to boot into > SafeMode to do a re-scan). > > 3. We see a temp worker was the last person to log into that > workstation... > > HOW or WHAT might we use so that we can figure out which of the 60 or so > desks actually has the machine name in question? > > Those who had us change our naming convention (and they have more users > than to we) are in a situation where desktop systems are not shared. We > do not have this luxury. The other location is finally beginning to > understand our complaints. > > SO, is there some sort of utility, etc that would enable us to find the > machine "[gibberish]", where "Fred Temp" was the last person logged in? > I'd settle for a button that would make that machine start beeping, if > nothing else. > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Jr Infrastructure Architect, Information Technology Group > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > richardmccl...@aspca.org > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this > e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email > and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any > printout thereof. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
