Is there any way I can track last activities done on my computer? I only know how to track internet activities. Please answer if you know. Much appreciation! TIA!

 

You can click the "Documents" link in your Start bar to see the last documents and files (of certain type) that were opened up, but this 'history' only shows a dozen of the most recently opened files.

There are quite a few programs that can be used to monitor a computer in many different ways. A quick google search will sort you out

 

Thanks, but one can easily delete those to cover his track.

 

There are a lot of ways to "hide your tracks". For example, if the user has their own 'user profile', you might not be able to access the content if you're not an administrator of the machine or domain, especially if file encryption is in place (but once again, if you know what you're doing, you can get to just about any information).

But like I said, the best form of 'tracking', is to buy a dedicated application that does just that (or download one of many freeware key loggers, screen capture apps, etc...). Many of these applications work in the background and can be configured to send all information without the users knowledge to another computer (or website/e-mail address). It simply depends on the amount of control you want to have over their 'computer use' habits.

Not knowing what exactly it is that you want to keep track of, and in what kind of environment, I cannot give you much better explanation then this, but here's two things I would probably try:

1) If you simply wanted to track your child and the stuff he does on your home PC, you could install an app that takes screenshots and saves them into a directory that only you as an administrator can access (depending on your child/average user, they might not have any idea of how to crack into that dir in order to empty it).

2) If you're a system administrator and wish to monitor a wider area of systems (say, on an AD NT domain), you could install Microsoft Operations Manager and Systems Management Server, maybe with a few plugins from third parties. It will cost you big bucks without a licensing deal however...

 

What specific activities are you referring to? You can cover your tracks for just about anything if you know what you're doing.

 

there is a site, I think called canadiancontent.com, where they have trial verions of such programs. I may be mistaken, but if so, there should be some you can buy for 20-50 bucks for a basic application.