gHacks technology news » windows log http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:56:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Create Access Log File In Windowshttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/11/create-access-log-file-in-windows/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/11/create-access-log-file-in-windows/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:29:14 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14324 microsoft windowsIf you are sharing a desktop computer with several users you might be interested in knowing the login and logout time of each user on the system. It could also be interesting to know even if you are using the computer alone but have it accessible in a room where others could access it. Parents could for example check on their children’s computer usage and roommates if there have been any unauthorized access to the computer system lately.

Marxio Login Logger is a software program for the Windows operating system that can create the access log file and reports that detail the logins and logouts of every user on the system including login attempts over a computer network and in an Active Directory environment

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The program is completely portable and no signs of it appear on the user’s desktop other than its process in the Windows task manager. It will automatically create a log file based on the initial configuration. Each log file includes information about the data and time of the login, the username, computer name, network IP and operating system. It is possible to adjust these parameters and use them in the log file creation as well.

The portable computer program can be downloaded from the developer’s website. New users should start with the included readme file to understand how to configure and use the program.

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