logging activity or force logoff

[Zen216]

Hello Everyone,

I have a situation that I need a little help with. Our company uses a 3rd party time keeper, so users get in, logon to the 3rd party website and clock-in.

The problem we are having is some employees, running late, will call a friend to log them in. We have advised this is not acceptable, and that you must log in form your own computer.. ( I can pull Inet logs and match time punches on the webclock to the intet traffic)

the problem is now some of the suspected reps say they were in, but 'forgot' to punch in...

masnagement would like me to log when a user starts doing anything with their computer, but we do not force users to log off at night,, just lock the computer...

I have never been able to make the 'force logoff when logon hours expire' to actually work, and I do not want to force a shutdown/reboot of the computer every night..

Is there a way to log when a user 'unlocks' their computer? or maybe a 3rd party tool that would allow me to see all user activity..

that way if they say, I was here at 8, but forgot to punch in,, and we see that there was no activity at the computer until 8:30,, we can call them on it...

Thanks

 

[mrdenny]

The company I work for actually does this by tracking everything that the user does on the computer. The site is

http://www.awarenesstechnologies.com.

It's not free, but it will do the trick.

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[Zen216]

thanks,,, site look nice.. but looks expensive..
probably way too expensive for us..

 

[mrdenny]

Talk to the sales guys, I know they have some wiggle room on price. Only you could only buy it for the problem users and shift the licenses around as needed to help keep costs down.

Denny
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[Zen216]

I'll take a look,, thanks