How do I check when a certain user logged on?

From: DJ (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/10/03 

Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:31:39 -0800

You need to audit user logon events. Configure this for
certian users or all users. Once this is setup, you will
be able to find a log on this information under the event
viewer, security log.

D.J.

>-----Original Message-----
>I need to find out if a certain user has been loggin on
>within certain time periods but I have no idea where to
>look. This is on Win2KServer SP4 with Win2k/XP clients.
>
>I've checked the security tab of the event log but there
>are no entries at all. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>.
>

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