Re: XP Home - Can't Audit - no Local Security Policy

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:44:40 -0700

I do not have XP Home installed, so it's hard to verify.

Type audit in the Search box in Help and Support and see what it returns.

Also look up audit in Help in the Event Viewer.

[[As an administrator of a Windows XP Professional-based computer, you can
configure your computer to audit user access to files, folders and printers.
This facility is unavailable on Windows XP Home Edition.]]

How To Audit User Access of Files, Folders, and Printers in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310399

auditing
[[The process that tracks the activities of users by recording selected
types of events in the security log of a server or a workstation.]] 

-- 
Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:u7Fimbn9EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Xylophone <m-rharrison@tiscali.co.uk> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks, guys.  Does what you say mean you can't audit in XP Home?
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Oodmkpm9EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Local Security Policy is secpol.msc.  Secpol.msc does not come with
>> XP Home. gpedit.msc which is Group Policy does not come with XP Home
>> either.
>>
>> Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc) comes with XP Home, but this has
>> limited use.  If you try to access Local Users and Groups (Local)
>> with XP Home, you will get...
>>
>> [[This computer is running Windows XP Home Edition.  This snapin may
>> not be used with that version of Windows.  To manage user accounts
>> for this computer, use the User Accounts tool in the Control Panel]]
>>
>> There are other limitations that XP Home also has.  That's why it
>> costs less.  ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:uje94wj9EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
>> Xylophone <m-rharrison@tiscali.co.uk> hunted and pecked:
>>> I have XP Home.  When I run MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security
>>> Analyser) it tells me I should have auditing enabled and to correct
>>> that, I should go into CP/Admin Tools/Local Security Policy.  But
>>> when I do so, LSP is not there.  It is not a component under
>>> Add/Remove Windows Components.
>>> I am at a loss to work out where and how I can access and activate
>>> LSP.  I assume it is installed on my PC, a Dell which came with XP
>>> pre-installed.  Advice/solutions???

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