Ever wanted to track all the tasks being run on your computer, quickly? LastActivityView from Nirsoft is a freeware that displays details of recent user actions and logs events and tasks taking on your Windows PC.
Log & Track activity on Windows computer
The program collects information from various sources on a running system and displays a log of actions made by the user and events that occurred on this computer.
The activities which are covered include:
- Opening and closing of files and folders
- Software installations
- Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, Logon, Log off and Start operations of your computer
- Running applications or .exe files
- Opening and closing of Open or Save dialog box
- Application crashes
- System crashes
- Folder viewed in Explorer
- Blue Screens
- Creation of Restore Points
- Start and End of Windows Installer
- Network connection/disconnection and more.
If you wish, you can easily export this information into a csv, tab-delimited, XML or HTML file or copy it to the clipboard and then paste it into an Excel or other documents.
LastActivityView is a portable app and doesn’t require to be installed. It collects the information from Registry keys, Prefetch files, Log files, Minidump files and other such places. By default, the tool displays the actions by Action Time, but you can get them to display by Description, as well.
LastActivityView can help you keep track of how your computer is being used and can also prove to be useful if you wish to troubleshoot some problems. Download it from here.
I want this to analyse & monitor System crashes
You can also track activity with a software like Bodi. It’s a cloud-based software with real-time alerts for unusual computer activity. It continuously records HD video for playback, allows for remote access, and prevents users from clicking on malicious links helping stop malware in its tracks, irrespective of the platform (email, Skype, attachments, websites, Slack, etc.). And Bodi alerts the admin to
suspicious data transfers, data modification etc.