Determine user’s last logon date/time
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Mgrass
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Determine user's last logon date/time
Windows Security, Windows XP, Scripts
Hello guys/gals!

I have what I hope is a pretty straight forward question.  I have several WinXP Pro machines (non AD domain; all machines are in a workgroup).  I would like to run a script after the user authenticates that will display the last date/time he/she logged into the computer.  All login events are logged into the security logs.  All of the scripts I'm finding relate heavily with doing this with a PDC/BDC within an AD environment. 

Can this be acheived?  Thanks in advance for everyone's time and support!

Mike



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Windows XP Pro
ASKED: Aug 14 2009  1:20 PM GMT
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Here are the steps to get a logon script to work on the local machine:
1. Create a new folder that will contain your logon scripts (can be anywhere and any name)
2. Share the folder and the share name must be "netlogon"
3. Create your script:
echo logon %username% %computername% %date% %time% >> C:\logon.log
4. Save the script as a .bat file like script.bat.
5. Place the script in the shared folder
6. Go to Computer Management -> Local users and Groups
7. Double click on the username that logs into the computer
8. In the Profile tab, put the name of your script, script.bat, in the Logon Script field. You don't need a path just the script name if it is located in the netlogon share.
9. Log out and logon as that user.
Last Answered: Aug 14 2009  6:28 PM GMT by Mshen   23535 pts.
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Mgrass   30 pts.  |   Aug 14 2009  6:43PM GMT

Thanks mshen. Likely what I will do is link the script to execute within the registry such that it is forced to run when a user is logged in. What I’m looking for, in particular, is the script itself not the deployment. I really appreciate you taking a few moments of your time to reply to my question.

 

Mshen   23535 pts.  |   Aug 14 2009  10:30PM GMT

No Problem. Step 3 is all you need then.

 
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