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Old December 7th 09, 09:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Paul-the-Pen
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At work we all use laptops (5 of us) WINDOWS XP Home edition, none of
which have passwords (yeah I know but it's my boss!). Anyway, I think
someone is snooping around on my PC, I think just looking to see any
contacts of mine, notes I've made etc, is there away of knowing if
someone has switched my computer on - not necessarily written
anything, but just had a look around? I assume there must be some log
file somewhere that records when a computer has been switched on
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Old December 7th 09, 09:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
John John - MVP[_2_]
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Look in the Event Log, you will see that certain events are logged every
time the computer is started.

John

Paul-the-Pen wrote:
At work we all use laptops (5 of us) WINDOWS XP Home edition, none of
which have passwords (yeah I know but it's my boss!). Anyway, I think
someone is snooping around on my PC, I think just looking to see any
contacts of mine, notes I've made etc, is there away of knowing if
someone has switched my computer on - not necessarily written
anything, but just had a look around? I assume there must be some log
file somewhere that records when a computer has been switched on

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Old December 7th 09, 09:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
John John - MVP[_2_]
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Default Logging who uses your computer

Look in the Event Log, you will see that certain events are logged every
time the computer is started.

John

Paul-the-Pen wrote:
At work we all use laptops (5 of us) WINDOWS XP Home edition, none of
which have passwords (yeah I know but it's my boss!). Anyway, I think
someone is snooping around on my PC, I think just looking to see any
contacts of mine, notes I've made etc, is there away of knowing if
someone has switched my computer on - not necessarily written
anything, but just had a look around? I assume there must be some log
file somewhere that records when a computer has been switched on

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Old December 9th 09, 11:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Twayne[_3_]
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Default Logging who uses your computer

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Paul-the-Pen typed:
At work we all use laptops (5 of us) WINDOWS XP Home edition, none of
which have passwords (yeah I know but it's my boss!). Anyway, I think
someone is snooping around on my PC, I think just looking to see any
contacts of mine, notes I've made etc, is there away of knowing if
someone has switched my computer on - not necessarily written
anything, but just had a look around? I assume there must be some log
file somewhere that records when a computer has been switched on


Event Viewer will show you every time the computer is booted. Start;
Programs; Administrative Tools; Event Viewer.
If you have trouble spotting it, note the time and then do a REstart:
Look at Event Viewer for the first event at that time; that's the bootup.

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Old December 9th 09, 11:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Twayne[_3_]
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Default Logging who uses your computer

In ,
Paul-the-Pen typed:
At work we all use laptops (5 of us) WINDOWS XP Home edition, none of
which have passwords (yeah I know but it's my boss!). Anyway, I think
someone is snooping around on my PC, I think just looking to see any
contacts of mine, notes I've made etc, is there away of knowing if
someone has switched my computer on - not necessarily written
anything, but just had a look around? I assume there must be some log
file somewhere that records when a computer has been switched on


Event Viewer will show you every time the computer is booted. Start;
Programs; Administrative Tools; Event Viewer.
If you have trouble spotting it, note the time and then do a REstart:
Look at Event Viewer for the first event at that time; that's the bootup.

 




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