[logs] Re: Windows XP Event 528 & 538

From: Frank Heyne (fh@private-dresden.de)
Date: Mon Jun 27 2005 - 23:05:16 PDT


On 26 Jun 2005 at 11:44, Muhammad Khan wrote:

> Hi,
> Windows XP records event 528 for user logon and 538 for user logoff. 
> While looking into event-viewer I have seen that:-
> 1. In most of the cases, the event 538 and 528 are recorded for the 
> same time (i.e. time of generation of event is same). Logically it 
> should be different so that one can track about the duration of system 
> usage by a particular user. If anyone can explain the logic behind 
> them and how distinct Logon ID could be used to correlate the logon 
> and logon processes to determine the system usage by different user.

See http://www.heysoft.de/nt/eventlog/faqa1.htm#A8
 
> 2. A lot many events for ID 528 and 538 are generated for user name 
> Network Services and NT Authority. What is their utility. How can we 
> use them to track down auditing of system usage.
 
You could try a tool I wrote for exactly this purpose - R528 from http://www.heysoft.de/nt/eventlog/ep-re.htm

Frank Heyne



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