Drive and file access time stamps

jj-

Thanks for your reply. Your information allows me to find
out when the last time my drive/files were accessed. Is
there a way to display a log of this access activity for
the past several days, or to specify the access activity
on 8/22/03 from 12:00 pm to present? Also, is there a way
to find out when my PC was shut down on 8/22/03?

Thanks,
Bob

>-----Original Message-----
>Open a command prompt (start - run: cmd <enter>), change

dir to the location

>of your files, and type the command:
>
>dir /TA
>
>Or, to dump the file list to a text file and open it in

notepad:

>
>dir /TA > filelist.txt
>notepad filelist.txt
>
>To see all options for the dir command:
>
>dir /?
>
>
>
>"Bob" <bob.grant@sogeti-usa.com> wrote in message
>news:05cc01c36b7a$19e2ec30$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>> Is there a way to look at a time stamp log of the

access

>> date/time of my c drive, as well as my network personal
>> share drive. I'd also like to look at a date/time stamp
>> log that identifies access to my files on my c drive

and

>> network personal share drive. The problem with the

method

>> I've tried (right click on file, select properties) is
>> that the last access date/time immediately changes to

the

>> current date/time.

>
>
>.
>

Yes Bob, your question was clear, and I apologize for not reading it right.

The Event Log should allow you to see when the computer was shut down and
restarted. (find it under Control Panel - Administrative Tools). Just look
for "eventlog" events in the Source column. A typical shutdown entry should
look like "The Event log service was stopped." This is valid only if the
EventLog service was not manually, or accidentally stopped before the
shutdown.

As for the file access log -- you might find of interest these links below
(WinXP Pro):
- Auditing file and folder access
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...nevents_17.asp
- To set, view, change, or remove auditing for a file or folder
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...ile_folder.asp
- Audit access to a file
http://www.lokbox.net/SecureXP/audit.asp





"Bob" <bob.grant@sogeti-usa.com> wrote in message
news:05c901c36c39$39a44b30$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> jj-
>
> Thanks for your reply. Your information allows me to find
> out when the last time my drive/files were accessed. Is
> there a way to display a log of this access activity for
> the past several days, or to specify the access activity
> on 8/22/03 from 12:00 pm to present? Also, is there a way
> to find out when my PC was shut down on 8/22/03?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Open a command prompt (start - run: cmd <enter>), change

> dir to the location

> >of your files, and type the command:
> >
> >dir /TA
> >
> >Or, to dump the file list to a text file and open it in

> notepad:

> >
> >dir /TA > filelist.txt
> >notepad filelist.txt
> >
> >To see all options for the dir command:
> >
> >dir /?
> >
> >
> >
> >"Bob" <bob.grant@sogeti-usa.com> wrote in message
> >news:05cc01c36b7a$19e2ec30$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> >> Is there a way to look at a time stamp log of the

> access

> >> date/time of my c drive, as well as my network personal
> >> share drive. I'd also like to look at a date/time stamp
> >> log that identifies access to my files on my c drive

> and

> >> network personal share drive. The problem with the

> method

> >> I've tried (right click on file, select properties) is
> >> that the last access date/time immediately changes to

> the

> >> current date/time.

> >
> >
> >.
> >