Re: install / uninstall log file

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elietabet wrote:
> i am not worried about what will happen next, i need to know what
> happened before.

Well, as with most things, if you didn't have sufficient auditing enabled
prior to "The Incident", enabling it now will not help you. See prior
comment re barn door/horse....

And of course you ought to be worried about what might happen next. Do your
best to prevent anything from happening that you do not wish to happen,
instead of trying to catch up after the fact.
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news:59299C76-3A0F-4440-90C0-B6EACAB8BFDF@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> elietabet <elietabet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>>> I need to know if it is possible to know what softwares have been
>>> installed and uninstalled on a computer by the user?
>>> Is that possible? does the system keeps like a log file in which it
>>> shows all the programs installation/uninstallation activity? and how
>>> can this info be accessed and viewed?
>>>
>>> I would highly appreciate if somebody can help me with anything
>>> regarding this issue cos i need to know what my brother is doing on
>>> my personal laptop.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Your event logs may show you ...but if you're worried about this,
>> either don't let him use the laptop, or make sure he doesn't have
>> any admin rights at all and doesn't know the passwords for any
>> accounts that *do* have admin rights. Why lock the barn after the
>> horses are gone?



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