I have a computer in our office that was already logged in when the user came
in. I am trying to find out when the computer was logged ini to see if
someone was using it at night to read the person's email. Does anyone know
where I can find a log of when it was logged in last?

Re: Record of when last login occurred on an XP workstation by Karl

Karl
Fri May 19 09:23:36 CDT 2006

The best way is if Windows security auditing was previously configured. If
this was enabled, then you would see logins and logouts recorded in the
Windows Security Event log, by right-clicking My Computer, Manage.

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#auditing

If auditing was not enabled, you MIGHT be able to make an educated guess
about the last [and only the last] login by that user by looking at the
dates on the files in the user profile folder, such as the NTUser.dat.LOG
file in c:\documents and settings\username\. Definitely less accurate than
enabling auditing BEFORE the event you want to see.

However, it sounds to me like the security controls in use were flawed and
need correcting. Unattended Windows sessions should lock themselves at the
screen saver after 10 minutes, and users that log in should not be able to
read other users' email.


"Kevin Norris" <Kevin Norris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DE8F2A5-3046-4EA4-8ABC-6B9055CF271C@microsoft.com...
> I have a computer in our office that was already logged in when the user
came
> in. I am trying to find out when the computer was logged ini to see if
> someone was using it at night to read the person's email. Does anyone know
> where I can find a log of when it was logged in last?



Re: Record of when last login occurred on an XP workstation by Karl

Karl
Fri May 19 09:24:48 CDT 2006

... and if user X leaves himself logged in overnight with no screen saver,
there's really no way to know or prove what user may have used user X's
session... unless maybe someone saw it happen.


"Kevin Norris" <Kevin Norris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DE8F2A5-3046-4EA4-8ABC-6B9055CF271C@microsoft.com...
> I have a computer in our office that was already logged in when the user
came
> in. I am trying to find out when the computer was logged ini to see if
> someone was using it at night to read the person's email. Does anyone know
> where I can find a log of when it was logged in last?