From: Abby Allen (allen@cbr.med.harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 06 1996 - 13:45:50 EST
Hello Fello Flowers! I posted a message a couple of weeks ago asking for suggestions for user log software to track user time on the FACSCalibur. I received several excellent responses and I would like to thank everyone who took the time to answer. I have summarized the results below. All of the comments came from the responses, none of the assessments are my own. Thanks again for all of your suggestions. Abby Summary of Flow Results: Fileguard Pro from ADS Software, Inc. Seems to be the most popular program for user tracking. It received 6 votes to 1 vote for each of the remaining programs. Advantages: Requires useres to log on, generates a user’s log, allows restriction of folders and application. Easy to maintain by intermediate computer people. Disadvantages: No way to distinguish between computer use of either acquisition or analysis. Version 2.9.3 works well on the Quadra 650 (operating system 7.1) -- log sheet imports easily into Excel, however, version 3.0.1 (necessary for Mac operating system 7.5.3) log sheet is not in the form of a spreadsheet and requires heavy editing. One person reported a “stupid menu” which allow the users to lock the Mac. This is a powerful security program, apparently more than what people really need. One person reported “It is not great, but it will do the job” Mac Administrator from Hi-Resolution Software Advantages: Program acts to protect, login-logout, records whio is running which program for how long and how many pages are printed. Files are imported directly into Filemaker Pro for further analysis Disadvantages: This program is a network administrator. You must have network connections and one Mac designated as a server while all other Macs are set up as clients. Apparently there is a new version of this which can verify users over a Unix system. The person who recommended this program has not tried this new version, so ...... Norton Disklock from Symantec: Advantages: Cheap (approx. @25.00). Causes no conflicts with B-D software Disadvantages: None reported. Desk Tracy from ???: Advantages: Apparently does all I need, and also records numbers of printouts, etc. Disadvantages: None reported. At Ease from ???? Advantages: Cheap, used on a FACScan Disadvantages: None reported. UltraShield 2.5 from UsrEZ Advantages: None noted. Disadvantages: None noted. I am also told that Carlton Stewart has such a system at Buffalo. I have been unable to contact him, so I do not know what the system entails.
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