Get Notified when remote desktop is invoked

[hman_120]

Hi All
I would like to set up an XP machine in my office such that at any time
someone logs in to it remotely using remote desktop, I get an email
notificaion, as well as when the person logs off. Whats the easiest way
to do it?

David

 

[RobMarsh]

David,

Each time someone logs in/off a entry is created in the Security log.
To access event viewer click start\run and type eventvwr.msc

Keep in mind that logging must be properly configured in the windows
policy. if you are part of a work gorup you can access your machines
local policy by start->run -> gpedit.msc

If you are on a domain you may not have permissions to do this so talk
to your systems admin.

as for e-mail notifications you can use performance monitor and set up
an alert to look for the log on/off event in the event viewer and then
have it use a 3rd party smtp client like blat.

Once again though you may not have access to do this depending on your
domain/workgroup settings.

I have done something similar in my company, but I created a Windows
service that watches event log events, I used MS Visual Studio to
create this.

I hope this helps.

-Robert