Hi all... I am quite new to Windows development, as well as the .net framework in general. I would kindly like to ask you a few questions, looking more for pointers as an answer rather than an answer as such... ;-)

I have this task at hand which is the following. I am trying to create a mechanism (service?) which will live on a windows machine, catching desktop status events. (Logon, Logoff, Screen lock, Screen Unlock).

This is my first question I suppose...: Can I do that on an NT server machine, so that it gathers that info on events from all clients? Or is it just possible to do it on each client, gathering the data and then sending it to the central server?

My second question is a bit more general, and any pointers would be greatly appreciated... I really have no idea where to start with this.. all I have at hand is a project somebody once did, which is coded in C++ and uses the COM+ event system, along with SENS, which I gather is the mechanism that throws the events.

Is this supposed to be easier using the .net framework? Is there another way to do this?

As a newbie, I would very much appreciate any answers you guys may have... even if they are along the lines of: What are you on about man?? :-)

Thanks in advance,
Aris