Screen Monitor

If you share your computer with others, it is difficult to keep track of what each user does when you are not around, and to prevent them from accessing restricted content or browsing through your private files.
Screen Monitor is a relatively simple application that can help you out in this scenario, as it is capable of taking screenshots of your desktop at a user-defined interval. It can capture the entire screen or the currently active window, and it runs in the background without getting in your way.

Configure the monitoring parameters and set up complex rules

The program can take screenshots of all the windows that are active at any given time, but you also have the option of only including specific windows, as well as excluding the ones you are not interested in. Alternatively, you can have the application record the entire screen and avoid any unnecessary complications.
The screen capture interval can be set to any value, and you can also specify how much the created JPG files should be compressed. However, no other output formats are supported.

Monitor desktop activity and analyze the captured content

Once everything has been configured, you can start the operation and hide the application window. The monitoring service runs in the background, and the program is not even displayed in the system tray.
To access Screen Monitor again, you can use the CTRL+ALT+V key combination to bring up the program window.
When you wish to examine the captured screenshots, you can take advantage of the built-in browser, which allows you to filter the pictures by date, window title or window class name.

Features a clean and streamlined interface, but lacks documentation

The application’s UI is intuitive enough, so users should be able to find the functions they are looking for without too much effort.
Unfortunately, though, a detailed user manual is not included, something that novices would certainly have found to be helpful.
To sum up, Screen Monitor is a reliable software solution for those who wish to know what other users do when they access their PCs. It is fairly simple to set up, and it offers a decent array of features, but the available documentation is not as extensive as we would have liked.