{"id":45,"date":"2013-08-13T21:17:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T21:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","slug":"how-to-get-logged-on-user-on-a-windows-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/how-to-get-logged-on-user-on-a-windows-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get The Logged On User on a Remote Windows Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

This one is super cool and you will amaze your boss. Many times, I’m asked if I can find who is logged into a machine.<\/p>\n

As long as you have PSRemoting enabled across your network you can run this:<\/p>\n

Also replace IP or name with the IP address or computer name of the computer<\/p>\n

\r\nget-wmiobject win32_computersystem -computer IP or name | select username\r\n<\/pre>\n
or you can do a | select * and it will give you more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This one is super cool and you will amaze your boss. Many times, I’m asked if I can find who is logged into a machine. As long as you have PSRemoting enabled across your network you can run this: Also replace IP or name with the IP address or computer name of the computer get-wmiobject […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powershell","tag-get-logged-on-user-of-a-computer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t