Security Event Log Empty

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Hi.

Have you set up the system to do auditing? Start\run type secpol.msc then
under local policies\audit policy, check security setting is set to either
success\failure\both (depending on what you want to audit.) A dual server
logo next to the audit policy is indicative that the policy comes from the
domain level.

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If you have set it up and it is failing it may be a corrupted log. Have you
tried to open it on another machine? Does the number of secuirty events
list anything other than 0?

Cheers, Les

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"Treeman" <Treeman.1kx322@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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> Just wondering why my Security log files in Event viewer is empty. I
> mean _no_ events at all showing. XP Pro SP-1
> Treeman
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