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I'm looking for a tool that can record everything I do with my mouse/keyboard and playback recorded sessions. I've found some softwares that can replay macro using a script but none that can also record a session.

I remember that my old 'mac classic' was able to do that 20 years ago. Can't I do that now?

The solution should be free and support Windows XP.

Many thanks.

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You can try this one: http://www.macro-recorder.com/

It's also working on Windows 7!

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That's exactly what I need. – Guillaume Feb 10 '10 at 15:39
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AutoHotkey is a very good macro recorder.

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AHK is the solution to everyone's problem! – Ivo Flipse♦ Feb 10 '10 at 15:22
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well, the script language is powerful, but the macro recording is not ! – Guillaume Feb 10 '10 at 15:28
May not be the best macro recorder but nice and powerful for automating tasks in Windows – PP. Feb 10 '10 at 15:51
Indeed, it's a good one. But I was looking for a recorder that can start a record session and replay it. I don't want to create my macro by hand – Guillaume Feb 10 '10 at 17:27
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The best commercial one we tried is Jitbit Macro Recorder. It can even compile macros to EXE files.

Also, there's a comparison article over at Wikipedia: Comparison of macro recorder software

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Early versions of Windows included a free macro recorder, but this seemed to be unstable if used on later editions.

About five years ago we had considerable success with MacroScheduler from MJTnet. This will enable you to record sessions, and also allow you to edit the session as a script - great for optimizing and tweaking a recorded macro.

Unfortunately it isn't free, but for our purposes we considered it excellent value for money. There is a trial version available. See: http://www.mjtnet.com/macro_scheduler.htm

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If you already have MS-Office there's a macro recorder built in. I'm not sure how much it works with things outside the Office world though.

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I need a system wide macro recorder – Guillaume Feb 10 '10 at 15:38
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