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user auditing for a win98 sys

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by itjforbes

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I am having some trouble with a couple of users abusing e-mail I want to be able to audit their system the same way windows NT does with the event viewer. Is this possible, and if so how do i set it up?
They are using win98 as an OS.
THey are allowed to use the e-mail on their breaks, so i need something that will tell me when the e-mail is accessed or when the app is used.

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by bwaggoner

I am not sure of the software metering in Win98. I would talk to your HR dept. and create an e-mail policy that everyone has to sign. If you don't have one you are leaving the company wide open for a law suit especially if employees are sending and receiving personal mail. All it takes is somebody walking by and being offended.

by >@ >@ gone fishing @< @<

Connected via LAN or Modem.
Take the power out of their hands...Do you have a spare PC. Delegate this system for Email and have the system in plain view of everybody.

If you are using oultook you will be able to compare the Date and Time stamps on their storage files ie : *.pst, *.pab. If they send or recieve mail the Pab or Pst will be updated with a different time/date setting. Last time and date file was changed under properties of the files. I'm not sure if you need to exit the mail program to update the file or if it is done on the fly.

by itjforbes

They view the e-mail from an exchange server via their desk top, but what i need to see when they access the file not when they recieve it. Thank you anyway.

by doc7213

There are programs to download off of the net. I would check out ZDNet and Downloads.com. Some of these programs will monitor each keystroke, although that is a little extreme. My first course of action, like previously stated, would be to get a policy and make everyone sign it. Good luck.

by itjforbes

Thank you, but i needed a little more info than that, and i already have a policy in place.

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