To find out whether a computer is idling for a long time or actually doing something, here is a function that returns the last process that was recently started, including the time in minutes and days it has been running and its description:
function Get-LastProcessActivity { $proc = Get-Process | Sort-Object StartTime -ea 0 -desc | Select-Object -First 1 $return = 1 | Select-Object Minutes, Days, Name, Description $timespan = New-TimeSpan $proc.StartTime $return.Days = $timespan.Days $return.Minutes = [Math]::Floor($timespan.TotalMinutes) $return.Name = $proc.Name $return.Description = $proc.Description $return }
