Computer Inventory

[Guest Neil]

Looking for a way to find out when was the last time somebody was logged onto

a computer over the enterprise. We need the count of desktops which have been

logged onto. We don't need the user count, we are looking for desktop count.

[Guest Richard Mueller [MVP]]

Re: Computer Inventory

 

Neil wrote:

> Looking for a way to find out when was the last time somebody was logged

> onto

> a computer over the enterprise. We need the count of desktops which have

> been

> logged onto. We don't need the user count, we are looking for desktop

> count.

 

I suggest Joe Richards' free oldcmp utility, designed to find unused

computer objects:

 

http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/oldcmp/index.htm

 

If your domain is at Windows 2003 functional level, you can use the

lastLogonTimeStamp attribute to find unused computers. When the computer

account authenticates to the domain, the value of lastLogonTimeStamp is

updated if the old value is more than 14 days (by default) in the past. Any

value over 14 days in the past is accurate. I have an example VBScript

program to retrieve lastLogonTimeStamp for all users

(LastLogonTimeStamp.vbs) linked on this page:

 

http://www.rlmueller.net/Last%20Logon.htm

 

The program can be easily modified to document all computers instead of all

users by replacing the filter defined by this statement:

 

strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))"

 

with this:

 

strFilter = "(objectCategory=computer)"

 

If your domain is not at W2k3 functional level, you can use the more

complicated LastLogon.vbs program on the page linked above, or use the

pwdLastSet attribute. By default all computer accounts have their passwords

reset every 30 days. An example program that documents pwdLastSet for all

users in the domain is linked here:

 

http://www.rlmueller.net/PwdLastChanged.htm

 

The same modification to the filter statement as above can be made to this

program to have it document computers instead of users. The modification is

documented in a comment in the program.

 

--

Richard Mueller

MVP Directory Services

Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net

--

[Guest Neil]

Re: Computer Inventory

 

Richard,

 

Thanks for your wonderful program. It really helped me.

 

 

 

"Richard Mueller [MVP]" wrote:

> Neil wrote:

>

> > Looking for a way to find out when was the last time somebody was logged

> > onto

> > a computer over the enterprise. We need the count of desktops which have

> > been

> > logged onto. We don't need the user count, we are looking for desktop

> > count.

>

> I suggest Joe Richards' free oldcmp utility, designed to find unused

> computer objects:

>

> http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/oldcmp/index.htm

>

> If your domain is at Windows 2003 functional level, you can use the

> lastLogonTimeStamp attribute to find unused computers. When the computer

> account authenticates to the domain, the value of lastLogonTimeStamp is

> updated if the old value is more than 14 days (by default) in the past. Any

> value over 14 days in the past is accurate. I have an example VBScript

> program to retrieve lastLogonTimeStamp for all users

> (LastLogonTimeStamp.vbs) linked on this page:

>

> http://www.rlmueller.net/Last%20Logon.htm

>

> The program can be easily modified to document all computers instead of all

> users by replacing the filter defined by this statement:

>

> strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))"

>

> with this:

>

> strFilter = "(objectCategory=computer)"

>

> If your domain is not at W2k3 functional level, you can use the more

> complicated LastLogon.vbs program on the page linked above, or use the

> pwdLastSet attribute. By default all computer accounts have their passwords

> reset every 30 days. An example program that documents pwdLastSet for all

> users in the domain is linked here:

>

> http://www.rlmueller.net/PwdLastChanged.htm

>

> The same modification to the filter statement as above can be made to this

> program to have it document computers instead of users. The modification is

> documented in a comment in the program.

>

> --

> Richard Mueller

> MVP Directory Services

> Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net

> --

>

>

>