Hi Guys, I'm a home-user admin for a Win7 Ultimate 64-bit system. My main question is how does one get easy-to-understand information from Event Viewer? All it seems to give is a series of numbers and cryptic pronouncements. For example, it tells me a User logged on at a certain time, but it does not tell me their User Name. Just a User ID (a number) which helps me little. I can only identify which user this is because they're the only other user of the computer. Yesterday the other user installed a browser on the Windows drive, however this is not even mentioned in Event Viewer at all, as far as I can see. The only reason I know about it is because I can see it has appeared in the list of programs under the other user's account, and I can right-click the app to see what day and what time it was created. Second, can you tell me how to set the access privileges so that the other user cannot install any further programs under their user account? Third, under Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Advanced sharing settings, there are a number of settings you can turn off to increase your network security. I turn these off, with special reference to file/printer sharing & network discovery, and then save my changes. But when I later go back to this settings screen, I find that Windows has turned them back on again! (Files/printer sharing & network discovery). How can I disable them permanently? Finally, I notice there is a system folder (?) called "Program Data", however this folder does not show up from a normal browse of the hard drive. What's the purpose of this folder, how do I get it to show up in drive browsing, searches etc., and how does it relate to the "Program Files" folder? Thanks! :)

1) In the Event Viewer in Windows Logs you'll find that logon events are detailed quite well as they include the security ID, User Account, Account Domain, & Logon ID. It also includes the ACE's for the account (ReadAttribute & WriteAttribute). 2) If you don't want other users with the ability to install applications, set their account up as a Guest or Standard User Account.