Logging process times of Windows XP computers

[Joemonkey]

Is there any program/setting/etc. that we can install on all our network PCs that will keep a daily log of which processes were using CPU time and how much time it was? Something that would report like:

System Idle Process: 11:03:23
services.exe: 0:08:08
System: 0:04:17
etc.

 

[nweaver]

pslist logging to text FTW

 

[Joemonkey]

pslist is pretty sweet, but does it only show CURRENT processes? I'd be interested in all processes ran since the last boot time... is that logged anywhere by default?

 

[Homerboy]

tell the people WHY and they may be more inclined to help you 🙂

 

[Joemonkey]

heh, we're just interested in a few specific .exe files running that we are told are only being ran during break times... we don't want to keep them from running these .exe files in their free time (even though I'd love to pull the 'only use company resources for company related tasks' card, but then again they do lend out power tools such as hammer drills and belt sanders to employees for home improvement projects), but we'd like to have a log to go back to and say "why was it running for 3 hours straight on this day?" if an incident ever came up that warranted such information.

Cliffs: We let folks play games on company PCs during breaks but would like to ensure that's the only time they're playing them.

 

[nweaver]

pslist | grep solitare.exe > text.exe

there IS a grep command for windows, but they call it something else, it's from the rez kit. Of course, I renamed mine....who wants to remember 2 grep commands 😀

 

[bsobel]

Look in Performance Logs and Alerts, you can setup a trace log for 'Process creatons/deletions' and run that every few minutes.