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

From: Xylophone (m-rharrison_at_tiscali.co.uk)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:00:08 -0000

Wes,

Thanks for this. Did as you advised. Audit in Event Viewer Help took me so
far, to a Console and a snap-in, then it talked about a Group Policy, but on
following this, I could not see Group Policy, but I could see Local Users
and Groups. So I clicked on that, when told my version of Windows not use
this, instead, to manage accounts, go to Control Panel/User Accounts. So it
is the case XP Home does not use Local Security Policy. So end of story,
after all. So thanks to all concerned.

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eSLBAOo9EHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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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