Re: Is there a way to show all the last user name's used?

Actually Bill I believe he's referring to the login so the user name file
would do him no good. What I think he needs is something such as a dropdown
in the user login that lets the user select from a list of previously used
user names.



"billious" <billious_1954@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "PeterM" <pmaston@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Is there a program I can buy/download, that will allow people who forget
>> their user name, to see, let's say the last 3 user name's on a computer?
>> I can't tell you how many calls I get for forgotten user name's. Even
>> though there is a label on the computer. The answer I always get: I never
>> have to enter my user name, it is always there. Well, when I get into the
>> computer as a administrator, It screws up their user name entry, and I
>> can't log on to the computer, because I don't have their
>> password...............Any help is worth money to me..............Peter
>> :-)
>
> With the gargantuan problems of our complex world with all the
> sophisticated software available, sometimes it's good to remember that the
> simplest methods are best.
>
> Suppose you were to install in the logon sequence some really complex
> script like this batch command:
>
> [1]echo %username%>>"\\currentlyavailableshare\%computername%.log"
>
> It's not sophisticated, but itll give you a list of the username used to
> sign on every time.
>
> Now, for the million-dollar version, you could try
>
> [1]find "%username%" \\currentlyavailableshare\%computername%.log >nul
> 2>nul
> [2]if errorlevel 1 echo
> %username%>>\\currentlyavailableshare\%computername%.log
>
> which would record every NEW username used.
>
> Each line begins [number]. Lines may be wrapped in transmission and
> may need to be rejoined. The [number] at the beginning of each line needs
> to be removed.
>
>
> I'm afraid that making it more complex (like only recording the last N
> unique usernames) would run up the national debt too far. Might even run
> to oh - a half-dozen lines of batch....
>
> HTH
>
> ...Bill
>


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