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Judy,
I use a simple program called logon manager from Greyware.com.  it 
tracks only logons and logoffs and puts them in a file that you can 
import into Excel.  It's very easy to use and for $20 you can't go 
wrong.

Carol

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>This is a question for supervisors of equipment :
>
>What sort of monitoring programs are available for documenting usage on
>computers attached to microscopes?  The built-in Windows utilities just
>don't do it for me.
>
>Every user in our facility has their own login ID, password and I would
>like to record whenever they launch specific programs and when they exit
>from a program. This can be used for billing, for usage stats and for
>identifying "anonymous" (after-hours, without booking, improperly
>trained) users. If this is too complicated - some programs have
>components which launch from several locations simultaneously - then
>simply logon/logoff would be fine.
>
>I asked this question a few years ago but it was for an NT OS - very
>difficult, I'm hoping XP will have a simpler solution.
>
>Thanks,
>Judy
>
>Judy Trogadis
>Bio-Imaging Coordinator
>St. Michael's Hospital, 7Queen
>30 Bond St.
>Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada
>ph:  416-864-6060  x6337
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>fax: 416-864-6043
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