How to locate which machine a user is logged into (on domain)

[yerk5]

The subject line says it all. Im one of the PC techs at my company
600+ XP-SP2 machines on a windows domain. I know a username and that
the user is logged in somewhere. How can I find which workstation?

I've googled around for this, and most replies seem to recommend some
bulky and expensive LAN management software or another.

But we had a temp come in here once and he knew of one, and downloaded
it on the spot... it was a small program (1 to 2 meg exe) that was
totally free, had no installation, and it did the job perfectly.

It did run for quite awhile as it appeared to be querying every
machine online that it could find, but eventually it would find the
username and report which PC they were on. Unfortunately, we've since
lost the file in a hard drive failure, and the guy is long gone too.

Surely someone knows of something that sounds similar to this. If one
developer managed to make a tiny, free app that accomplishes this, I'm
sure there must be others out there also. The is only the only
function I need and not some multi-hundred-dollar package. Does anyone
know where I might find this? Thanks much in advance.

 

[John Wunderlich]

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The subject line says it all. Im one of the PC techs at my company
600+ XP-SP2 machines on a windows domain. I know a username and
that the user is logged in somewhere. How can I find which
workstation?

I've googled around for this, and most replies seem to recommend
some bulky and expensive LAN management software or another.

But we had a temp come in here once and he knew of one, and
downloaded it on the spot... it was a small program (1 to 2 meg
exe) that was totally free, had no installation, and it did the
job perfectly.

It did run for quite awhile as it appeared to be querying every
machine online that it could find, but eventually it would find
the username and report which PC they were on. Unfortunately,
we've since lost the file in a hard drive failure, and the guy is
long gone too.

Surely someone knows of something that sounds similar to this. If
one developer managed to make a tiny, free app that accomplishes
this, I'm sure there must be others out there also. The is only
the only function I need and not some multi-hundred-dollar
package. Does anyone know where I might find this? Thanks much in
advance.

In the "Good 'ol Days", the simple way to do this would be to open a
command window and enter the commands:
net send user msg
nbtstat -c
The first command would send a message to a user and the second would
show the last machine that you connected to (followed perhaps by a
nbtstat -a <machine>) Most companies now disable the messenger service
(prone to abuse) so this method doesn't work in most cases.

You might also try the freeware "netscan". It will scan a net and has
a column for logged-on user (although it doesn't work for me).

<http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/>

HTH,
John

 

[Leythos]

There is a tool in here that will do that

I see you're still stalking us in your every post Butts.