How to do it...

Follow these steps to start recording information about user logins on your RDSH servers:

  1. Log into RDS1 and create a new batch file. We are going to utilize good old batch file scripts, but you could also create something with PowerShell to accomplish the same function. I find, however, that a single line of code inside a batch file does the trick quite well. I have created the following script on mine: C:\Reporting\Logon.bat
  2. Now right-click on that script, and choose Edit in order to open it up in Notepad.
  1. Input the following text:
      Echo %date%,%time%,%username%,%computername% >> 
      C:\Reporting\Logons.txt 
  1. Now you need ...

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