Last login

[Matt92]

Um, i was wondering if you could see the last FEW log in's...becaue a lot of things changed in my laptop, and i want to see who logged in the last few times...is there a way, if there is could you guys be kind enough to help me, please
Matt

 

[Jacee]

Try event viewer ... this will show you what to look for Can I tell when someone logged into my machine, and what they did?

 

[Matt92]

that helps a lot thanks

 

[Jacee]

You're welcome

 

[Kari]

In Seven, by default all auditing is off by default.

Here's how to turn logon / logoff auditing on. Please notice you need to have Seven Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise to use gpedit:

• Type gpedit.msc to Start Menu > Search and hit Enter to open Group Policy Editor
• Browse to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Audit Policy
• If you want to audit (log) both logon, logoff and credentials given when UAC needs a permission to continue, right click Audit account logon events and select Properties
• If you want to audit only logon / logoff but not when UAC credentials are used, right click Audit logon events and select Properties
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• Select which to audit, success, failure or both
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• Click OK to save settings
• Close gpedit

To read the logs:

• Type Event Viewer in Start Menu > Search and hit Enter to open Windows Event Viewer
• Browse to Windows logs > Security

Some examples of logs. First, a successfull logoff:



A logon failure:



Logon success:



Kari