Lisa,
You'll need to turn on the auditing function of Windows XP.
To do this, please note:
Step 1) Go to Windows Explorer, and then right mouse click on your C:\ drive
Step 2) Under "Local Disk" C:\ Properties, click on the "Security" tab
Step 3) Under the "Security" tab, click on the "Advanced" button
Step 4) Under "Advanced Security Settings for Local Disk C:\" select the "Auditing" tab
Step 5) Under the "Auditing" tab, click on the "Add" button
Step 6) When the "Select User or Group" dialog appears, click on the "Locations" button
Step 7) You'll then need to determine whether you want to audit local or domain-level user groups
Step 8) After this, there are a host of attributes, such as read, write, change, success, or fail that can be enabled.
Step 9) Depending on the size of your organziation, this may take some time to setup.
Step 10) After you've setup the auditing parameters to your preferences, all audited entries will appear in the "Security"
log, which can be accessed via the Computer Management snap-in on your PC via Control Panel, or alternatively
by right mouse clicking on My Computer, and then by selecting "Manage" from the shortcut menu.
Tip: If you are simply wanting to secure certain files, you may want to considering keeping them in a single folder,
and then apply NTFS security permissions to that folder. Don't forget to assign your account "Full Control" to
that folder, and then deny access to all other user accounts of staff that use your PC. You can also create a
folder on your server, and lock it down in a similiar fashion- but don't forget to assign at least "Read" access
to the backup operator account for your domain, so the your backup system can back the files up.
Hope this helps.
----- Lisa wrote: ----
Is there any way to see what files and/or folders have
been accessed after someone else uses my computer? I'm
sure there's a log somewhere, I'm just not sure where!
Thanks for your help
