Windows startup log

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BOOGIEMAN said:
Does WinXP store in some file (or if not is there any program that does)
time when it's started up. I want to know if my brother uses my computer
when I'm not at home, and if he does, when and how much
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If you are worried about the puter being used in your absence why not
simply use a BIOS password?
If you want to monitor use of the machine you want to be looking for a
keylogger that you like the look of.
 
Does WinXP store in some file (or if not is there any program that does)
time when it's started up. I want to know if my brother uses my computer
when I'm not at home, and if he does, when and how much
 
If you are worried about the puter being used in your absence why not
simply use a BIOS password?
If you want to monitor use of the machine you want to be looking for a
keylogger that you like the look of.
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I'm not worried, I alow him to use my computer but I want to know when he
does and how much. I only need to know when was my PC turned on and off
I downloaded some keyloggers but my KAV marked them as viruses. I don't
want to use that.
 
Does WinXP store in some file (or if not is there any program that does)
time when it's started up. I want to know if my brother uses my computer
when I'm not at home, and if he does, when and how much
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In the eventviewer there are information about date and time when the
Event log service was started - and this is the same as when the PC was
started.

The eventviewer can be opened from the
Control Panel
Administrative tools
Eventviewer.

Also files
C:\WINNT\security\logs\winlogon.log
and
C:\WINNT\Windows Update.log
contains date and time info for start of pc.

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard


Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard
 
BOOGIEMAN said:
I'm not worried, I alow him to use my computer but I want to know when he
does and how much. I only need to know when was my PC turned on and off
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You'll want some kind of 'uptime' utility that keeps a log.
'Windows Uptime' is here and looks to be what you are after:

http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_view.asp?application=29559

I've not tried it, but you are risking nothing with a 136kb, no
install file. :-)
I downloaded some keyloggers but my KAV marked them as viruses. I don't
want to use that.
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AV apps are over sensitive at times; if you want to run a keylogger
then get one from a reputable site or ask here for recommendations.
AV's get upset about quite a few joke app's also, and quite a few
standalone SMTP servers.
 
Also files
C:\WINNT\security\logs\winlogon.log
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I don't have this one
and
C:\WINNT\Windows Update.log
contains date and time info for start of pc.
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Here's my entire Windows Update.log :

2004-04-02 20:37:26 19:37:26 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-04-02 20:37:26 19:37:26 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2004-08-20 15:05:22 14:05:22 Success CDM Starting
2004-08-20 15:06:38 14:06:38 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-08-20 15:06:38 14:06:38 Success IUENGINE Starting
2004-08-20 15:06:38 14:06:38 Success IUENGINE Started process to
regester driver not found with Help Center. Not completing this process may
not be error.
2004-08-20 15:06:41 14:06:41 Success IUENGINE Started process to
regester driver not found with Help Center. Not completing this process may
not be error.
2004-08-20 15:06:54 14:06:54 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2004-08-20 15:06:54 14:06:54 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2004-08-20 15:07:12 14:07:12 Success CDM Shutting down
2004-08-27 13:11:06 12:11:06 Success CDM Starting
2004-08-27 13:11:07 12:11:07 Success CDM Shutting down

A little bit old, nothing from september
 
BOOGIEMAN said:
Here's my entire Windows Update.log :

2004-04-02 20:37:26 19:37:26 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-04-02 20:37:26 19:37:26 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2004-08-20 15:05:22 14:05:22 Success CDM Starting
2004-08-20 15:06:38 14:06:38 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-08-20 15:06:38 14:06:38 Success IUENGINE Starting
2004-08-20 15:06:38 14:06:38 Success IUENGINE Started
process to regester driver not found with Help Center. Not completing
this process may not be error.
2004-08-20 15:06:41 14:06:41 Success IUENGINE Started
process to regester driver not found with Help Center. Not completing
this process may not be error.
2004-08-20 15:06:54 14:06:54 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2004-08-20 15:06:54 14:06:54 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2004-08-20 15:07:12 14:07:12 Success CDM Shutting down
2004-08-27 13:11:06 12:11:06 Success CDM Starting
2004-08-27 13:11:07 12:11:07 Success CDM Shutting down

A little bit old, nothing from september
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I have
"Control Panel "
"Automatic Update"
set to
"Download the updates automatically and notify me when they are ready to be
installed"
and I get an timestamped entry for each time I start my PC.

Example:
2004-09-08 21:40:17 19:40:17 Success IUCTL Starting

It seems to me that you have
"Automatically download the updates, and install them on the schedule that I
specify"
and the interval set to one week.

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard
 
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