I have always had the event viewer show me if someone tried to logon with a bad password (my boyfriend spying on me) it also showed if you logon "success". I got a new PC with Vista and recently went to see how often he's been trying to logon to my computer again as he was yelling at me about changing my password when I had not, BUT the event viewer never shows bad logons. I tried myself to put in a bad password a bunch of times, it only shows success attempts. I do have it set to show me everything. He said he didn't do anything in the registry or otherwise to mess with it, but then why on this computer doesn't it work? I hadn't noticed until now and I've had this PC for at least 6 months. Plus he's a developer and knows way more than I do about any computer. Can I fix this myself? By the way I don't CARE if he's in my computer! I care that he comes over here when I am not home to snoop around my apt because he is paranoid, and that REALLY creeps me out. Seeing how often he tries to get into my PC tells me how often he's been snooping!

You have to turn the feature on. Click Start - Control Panel - choose Classic View in left hand pane - choose Administrative Tools in the right hand pane - then Local Security Policy. Expand - Security Settings - Local Policies - Audit Policy and double click Audit Account Logon in the right hand pane. Tick Failure then Ok and restart the computer. -- .. -- "annonamous548" wrote in message news:816015b2-4357-427e-b702-4eecc5cacdbf... >I have always had the event viewer show me if someone tried to logon with a >bad password (my boyfriend spying on me) it also showed if you logon >"success". I got a new PC with Vista and recently went to see how often >he's been trying to logon to my computer again as he was yelling at me >about changing my password when I had not, BUT the event viewer never shows >bad logons. I tried myself to put in a bad password a bunch of times, it >only shows success attempts. I do have it set to show me everything. He >said he didn't do anything in the registry or otherwise to mess with it, >but then why on this computer doesn't it work? I hadn't noticed until now >and I've had this PC for at least 6 months. Plus he's a developer and knows >way more than I do about any computer. Can I fix this myself? By the way I >don't CARE if he's in my computer! I care that he comes over here when I am >not home to snoop around my apt because he is paranoid, and that REALLY >creeps me out. Seeing how often he tries to get into my PC tells me how >often he's been snooping! >

And dump your boyfriend. -- .. -- "DavidMCandy" wrote in message news:4f314cf4-a4fd-43b6-b714-edb2f5ea65c2... > You have to turn the feature on. > > Click Start - Control Panel - choose Classic View in left hand pane - > choose > Administrative Tools in the right hand pane - then Local Security Policy. > Expand - Security Settings - Local Policies - Audit Policy and double > click > Audit Account Logon in the right hand pane. Tick Failure then Ok and > restart > the computer. > -- > .. > -- > "annonamous548" wrote in message > news:816015b2-4357-427e-b702-4eecc5cacdbf... >>I have always had the event viewer show me if someone tried to logon with >>a >>bad password (my boyfriend spying on me) it also showed if you logon >>"success". I got a new PC with Vista and recently went to see how often >>he's been trying to logon to my computer again as he was yelling at me >>about changing my password when I had not, BUT the event viewer never >>shows >>bad logons. I tried myself to put in a bad password a bunch of times, it >>only shows success attempts. I do have it set to show me everything. He >>said he didn't do anything in the registry or otherwise to mess with it, >>but then why on this computer doesn't it work? I hadn't noticed until now >>and I've had this PC for at least 6 months. Plus he's a developer and >>knows >>way more than I do about any computer. Can I fix this myself? By the way I >>don't CARE if he's in my computer! I care that he comes over here when I >>am >>not home to snoop around my apt because he is paranoid, and that REALLY >>creeps me out. Seeing how often he tries to get into my PC tells me how >>often he's been snooping! >> > >

when i click on administrative tools all that i see is comp mangmnt data sources evt viewer iscsi initiator memory diag MS net frame Reliability and Perform Services Sysytem Config Task scheduler Windows Firewall

Maybe Vista home doesn't have the Local Security Policy editor. To check click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Run (or press Winkey + R) and type secpol.msc -- .. -- "annonamous548" wrote in message news:0114ff38-1dec-4260-9d75-1599e7de7ec8... > when i click on administrative tools all that i see is > > comp mangmnt > > data sources > > evt viewer > > iscsi initiator > > memory diag > > MS net frame > > Reliability and Perform > > Services > > Sysytem Config > > Task scheduler > > Windows Firewall >

Do you think you can follow this procedure http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/jsi-tip-5231-how-do-i-determine-the-windows-2000-audit-policy-using-the-registry- -- .. -- "DavidMCandy" wrote in message news:2a69de67-7453-4066-a9e9-484b219f00cb... > Maybe Vista home doesn't have the Local Security Policy editor. To check > click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Run (or press Winkey + R) and > type > > secpol.msc > > -- > .. > -- > "annonamous548" wrote in message > news:0114ff38-1dec-4260-9d75-1599e7de7ec8... >> when i click on administrative tools all that i see is >> >> comp mangmnt >> >> data sources >> >> evt viewer >> >> iscsi initiator >> >> memory diag >> >> MS net frame >> >> Reliability and Perform >> >> Services >> >> Sysytem Config >> >> Task scheduler >> >> Windows Firewall >> > >