How Can I Obtain a Logged On User Name from Just a Computer Name?

Hello--

This might seem like a strange post, but my predecessor did not choose
logical computer names in our network, and I am trying to document which
client has which computer within our network without disturbing the user.

If I know the FQDN of the workstation as well as it's IP address, etc. is
there a way for me to obtain the name of the user that is currently logged
onto the workstation?

We run a full Windows 2003 network and all of our workstation run W XP Pro.

Many thanks.

razor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello--
>
> This might seem like a strange post, but my predecessor did not choose
> logical computer names in our network, and I am trying to document
> which client has which computer within our network without disturbing
> the user.
>
> If I know the FQDN of the workstation as well as it's IP address,
> etc. is there a way for me to obtain the name of the user that is
> currently logged onto the workstation?
>
> We run a full Windows 2003 network and all of our workstation run W
> XP Pro.
>
> Many thanks.

How about running

net session

from your server?

You can also set up a login script that logs this info to a text file...

echo %date% - %time% - %username% has logged on
>>\\server\share$\logins.txt

Hi Razor,

Have you tried 'Nbtstat -a computername'?

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razor wrote:
> Hello--
>
> This might seem like a strange post, but my predecessor did not choose
> logical computer names in our network, and I am trying to document which
> client has which computer within our network without disturbing the user.
>
> If I know the FQDN of the workstation as well as it's IP address, etc. is
> there a way for me to obtain the name of the user that is currently logged
> onto the workstation?
>
> We run a full Windows 2003 network and all of our workstation run W XP Pro.
>
> Many thanks.
>

=?Utf-8?B?cmF6b3I=?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:7D390710-6BAB-4118-9400-(E-Mail Removed):

> Hello--
>
> This might seem like a strange post, but my predecessor did not choose
> logical computer names in our network, and I am trying to document
> which client has which computer within our network without disturbing
> the user.
>
> If I know the FQDN of the workstation as well as it's IP address, etc.
> is there a way for me to obtain the name of the user that is currently
> logged onto the workstation?
>
> We run a full Windows 2003 network and all of our workstation run W XP
> Pro.
>
> Many thanks.
>
>

Try the freeware netusers program from http://optimumx.com