[RESOLVED]Time tracking software

[chronodekar]

I need something that will tell me how long I've been logged onto my system. And on what days of the week. If it can list from when-to-when, all the better!

Any suggestions? All I can find are trials.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Have you looked at Sourceforge.net

 

[sswingle]

It's not exactly how you are describing, but I use a program called Klok. I can put in different jobs, and then keep track of when I work on each individual job.
http://klok.mcgraphix.com/klok/index.htm

 

[chronodekar]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Common Courtesy, I just looked into sourceforge now. And I find a lot of stuff, but it looks more complicated than what it's worth to me.

sswingle, the same issue.

The software I find will let me track how I spend my time, on what projects, etc. I don't want that.

When I come into my office, the first thing I do is switch on my PC. Then, I turn it off before I leave. All I want is a way to find out how long my system has been on the whole day. There must be SOMETHING out there that will just log the info automatically, right?

I'm not talking about projects here. Just how long I've left my PC on.

And I want to use the same thing at home on my gaming system, to find out how long my brother has been playing on it.

Please Help?

 

[Sam25]

You can use Windows Elapsed Running Time. It can be downloaded here (free):

http://www.ampsoft.net/utiliti...apsedTime.php#Download

I've used Windows Elapsed Time and it's very useful. When you minimize the programme it'll show on the taskbar. Just have the the Load on Window's Start-up option ticked on the main menu of the software and you can keep track continuously.

You could also give this a read for a Command Prompt solution:

http://forums.techguy.org/wind...ow-long-my-pc-has.html

Hope this helps

 

[chronodekar]

Sam25,

Thanks. That's just about what I'm looking for. Is there any way I can store the information over the course of a week?

I shut my system off everyday, so is there a way for me to store somewhere how long I've been logged in ? Perhaps I could run a script during shutdown or something ?

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: chronodekar
Sam25,

Thanks. That's just about what I'm looking for. Is there any way I can store the information over the course of a week?

I shut my system off everyday, so is there a way for me to store somewhere how long I've been logged in ? Perhaps I could run a script during shutdown or something ?

Not too sure of any other software that'll automatically let you know how much time you spent on successive logins spread over a week in a glimpse. My guess is, even event logs can't tell you about it. I think it would be better to just keep a manual record of the time the computer was on with the help of the Windows Elapsed Running Time software over a week. I know that sounds like a lengthy procedure, but should work...

 

[chronodekar]

Well I've accomplished what I want.

I've created 2 scripts. The first one is called "LogAndShutdown.bat" Here it is,

echo [=============] >> log.txt
date /t >> log.txt
time /t >> log.txt
systeminfo | find "Up Time" >>log.txt
shutdown -s -t 100 -c "shutting down system ... "

The second script is called "CancelShutdown.bat". Here it is,

shutdown -a

I've put desktop shortcuts to both of them. The purpose of the second script is to cancel the shutdown if it was accidentally invoked.

This way, at the end of the week, I can just look at the log file created and manually calculate how many hours my system was on.

Not the most ideal of solutions, but I think it'll get the job done.

Thanks everyone! Especially Sam25 !!! :thumbsup:

 

[Sam25]

No problem mate! I'm glad you got that figured and solved, Cheers! :beer: