Monitoring Network Logins

Submitted by Daniel Starnes on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 4:30pm.

   The recent survey about computer labs got me to thinking.  I would like to be able to keep track of how many students are using the lab each day, and how long they are logged on.  I would think it would be fairly simple to track when someone logged on, when they logged off, and what computer they were on.  Does anyone know of software that will do this on a Windows 2003 server?

Daniel Starnes
Student Computer Lab &
Network Technician
California Western School of Law

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Monitoring Network Logins
Submitted by Tim Gritten on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 7:00am.

One out-of-the-box solution that we have used successfully is LabStats
. It tracks who is
logged on, when they were logged on, and which machines they used. The
software aggregates the data for you, and provides other global
information, such as times of peak lab usage. The company also has
software that tracks application usage.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you.

Kind regards,
Tim

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>>> "Starnes, Daniel" 4/30/2008 6:28 PM >>>
The recent survey about computer labs got me to thinking. I would like
to be able to keep track of how many students are using the lab each
day, and how long they are logged on. I would think it would be fairly
simple to track when someone logged on, when they logged off, and what
computer they were on. Does anyone know of software that will do this
on a Windows 2003 server?Daniel Starnes
Student Computer Lab &
Network Technician
California Western School of Law

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