Re: Finding the last person to open a file.

Hi

to view the users that opened/changed/delete,etc files, you need to enable
Auditing, and configure the folder/file that you want to audit.
How to enable and apply security auditing in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300549/en-us
HOW TO: Audit Active Directory Objects in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814595/en-us

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I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"Chris Benton" <ChrisBenton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:63866245-6287-484A-833B-7AB871CE8793@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is there a way -- within Windows Explorer, AD, or some other medium -- to
display the name of the last person to open a file from the server?


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