Find UserName from ComputerName...HELP :-( 1

[Klopper]

Bear with me, I know very little..

If I go to Network Neighboorhood, and then scroll down to a specific ComputerName (eg. "ABC1245&quot, then the Username (eg. "bobhope&quot of the person logged onto that machine is usually listed.

But,at my current company, the username is not listed! So, how do I associated a given ComputerName with a UserName. Is there a DOS command perhaps? We use NT btw.

Why do I ask? Well, I have been at this company for only a fortnight and someone is already sending me rude NET SEND messages... ... and I want to find out who it is before making an issue of it!

Many thanks for any help,
Klopper

 

[wolluf]

The 'username' isn't. Its just a 'free text' entry you can set up on PC - some sites users put their name here.

If you get pstools (command line apps - freeware) from

http://www.sysinternals.com,

one of them (psloggedon) should give a list of machines\users logged on to the domain.

 

[dineshparikh]

Two steps

1) First find ipaddress of pc from where u are getting nte send messages

2)use command &quot;nbtstat -A <ip-address>&quot;
This will show you the username who logged into the domain from that pc.

 

[tulunay]

hi please write the second step by giving an example? I've tried the command but it had given the error ;

The name specified is not recognized as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

thanks
tulunay.

 

[djhawthorn]

If you run Windows NT Diagnostics, you can see the &quot;Currently Logged in Users&quot; on the remote machine.

Ala, Start -> Programs -> Admin Tools -> WinNT Diagnostics, then File -> Select Computer, choose the PC, and on the &quot;Network&quot; tab it will list your username, and the user that's logged on locally to the machine. MCSE NT4/W2K

 

[gconlon]

if you try the following you will get the username
note the pc number of the sender of the message
1 tracert pcnumber (This will give you the IP Address)
2 nbtstat -A IP Address will give you the logged on username

 

[Klopper]

Perfect gconlon, have a star!

Now I hold the cards!