How can I get the currently logged in user on remote PC's.
$Name = ReadValue("\\HOSTNAME\HKEY_Current_User\.....) is not working.

Greetings

Andre

For username use the @USERID macro

Fullname?

For fullname use the @FULLNAME macro

I think I haven't mentioned the problem clearly. On our network (>350 PC) I need to to some job's on HKCU and HKLM. It's not possible to do it on a logon script because the user has no access to HKLM. All I need is the currently logged in user on a PC so I can execute a command like
copy \\pcname\WINNT\Profiles\murphy\Start Menu\.... \\pcname\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\....

Greetings

raser

[This message has been edited by raser (edited 22 June 2001).]

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On our site you will find a script inventory.kix, which
will create a list of @userid's who were logged on lately.
It isn't possible with additional software or procedure to register
the moment of logging off.
See our site http://home.wanadoo.nl/scripting .
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My logon script records the time, date, userid and sid to an INI file at logon time. If I want to know who is loggedon to a remote PC I just read the time and date and userid from the log file.

Otherwise you can resort to using Sysinternals "Loggedon.exe" tool. It is a bit clunky and you can't really use the out put reliably, in a script. But for a once in a while query it works just fine.

You can try pushing a command file name into the runonce key & this will run just after logon completes when the username is fully defined.

Flaap,
NBTSTAT is usually my first tool for interactive because it works on Wintendo as well, however it will not always report the logged on user if that user has logged on to more than one PC.

For NT/2K, I rely on NetUsers.exe from http://www.systemtools.com/free_frame.htm

Jack,
I believe the topic of this thread has to do with ascertaining the currently logged on user for a remote PC.

Gonna go wash my hands now...

Thanks for your tip. The netusers tool is great!

Flaap

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

DefaultUserName contains the name of the last logged on user. In Windows 2000, this could be the UPN version of the username (user@domain.com).

If you have the policy to clear username of last logged on user, this will not be here.