Verify a windows user is logged on

[red79bronco]

I need to check the status of a computer before activating a script.

I am executing an AutoIT script using psexec on a list of computers.

How can I check the remote computer to see if the computer is at a windows logon screen?

I thought I could check a window title, and exit the script if the Welcome to Windows text was in the screen, but that does not seem to be the case.

[ptrex]

@red79bronco

A simple check on wether he/she is running the "Explorer.exe" Process will do.

If not running he/she will be at the logon window.

You can do this using WMI. There are lot"s of examples on how to do a remote check on a process.

I hope this get's you going.

regards

ptrex

[red79bronco]

thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards,

red79bronco

[red79bronco]

thanks, again, for the nudge.

If ProcessExists("explorer.exe") Then

;Perform some action for logged on user

Else

;Wait for user to log on

EndIf

Regards,

red79bronco

[exodius]

thanks, again, for the nudge.

If ProcessExists("explorer.exe") Then

;Perform some action for logged on user

Else

;Wait for user to log on

EndIf

Regards,

red79bronco

You could also have a script that basically does a batch run of pslist (in the same pstools as psexec) for that list of computers and parse out your results then take action based on it...

[spudw2k]

Another way, using WMI, is to query the UserName property from the Win32_ComputerSystem class.

$host = "."
$objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & $host & "\root\cimv2")
$colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery ("SELECT UserName from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For $objItem in $colItems
    msgbox(0,"",$objItem.UserName)
Next

Name of a user that is logged on currently. This property must have a value. In a terminal services session, UserName returns the name of the user that is logged on to the consolenot the user logged on during the terminal service session.

Edited April 8, 2008 by spudw2k

[exodius]

Another way, using WMI, is to query the UserName property from the Win32_ComputerSystem class.

$host = "."
$objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & $host & "\root\cimv2")
$colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery ("SELECT UserName from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For $objItem in $colItems
    msgbox(0,"",$objItem.UserName)
Next

That'll work as long as the computer is pingable, otherwise you're going to have a very long timeout on that WMI call...

[spudw2k]

That'll work as long as the computer is pingable, otherwise you're going to have a very long timeout on that WMI call...

Resolvable, not pingable.