audit logons

[Farayi]

How does one audit user logon times\events in a windows
2000 server and windows xp clients setup?

 

[Chriss3]

Audit can be configured in a Group Policy , You may have a look at the links
below.

Audit Policy
This module describes how to set different settings that apply to auditing.
It also provides an example of audit events created by several common tasks.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/secmod50.mspx

Microsoft Security: Threats and Countermeasures Guide - Audit Policy
An audit log records an entry whenever users perform certain actions that
you specify. For example, the modification of a file or a policy can trigger
an audit entry.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/topics/hardsys/tcg/tcgch03.mspx

Microsoft Windows XP - Audit Policy
This section covers:...
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/aptopnode.mspx

814595 - HOW TO: Audit Active Directory Objects in Windows Server 2003
This step-by-step article describes how to use Windows Server 2003 auditing
to track user activities and system-wide events in Active Directory. When
you use Windows Server 2003 auditing, you can track both user activities and
Windows Server 2003...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814595

314955 - HOW TO: Audit Active Directory Objects in Windows 2000
This step-by-step article describes how to use Windows 2000 auditing to
track user activities and system-wide events in Active Directory. When you
use Windows 2000 auditing, you can track both user activities and Windows
2000 activities, which are...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314955

HOW TO: Enable Local Security Auditing in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;248260

HOWTO: Enabling Local Auditing Policies on Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;252412