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24-Mar-2008, 09:52 PM #1
Windows security
I'm running Vista Home Premium.

I haven't really used the event viewer for much, but I assume there's a way to tell if someone had tried to log into the system with the incorrect password. If so how do you find this and collect the details?

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25-Mar-2008, 08:58 PM #2
To see all logins, create a custom view looking for event ID 4624, 4636

To see just the failed logins, create a custom view looking for event ID 4625, 4628, 4630, 4635, 4740
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25-Mar-2008, 10:49 PM #3
Ok so I set it up with 4624, 4636 and I see a long list of logins and what not.

I created one with 4625, 4628, 4630, 4635, 4740 and it showed 0 events. I logged out and tried loggin in with the incorrect password multiple times, and the log was still 0. Is there something else I need to do?

I thought there might be a difference because I use a biometric scanner to log in, but I tried both incorrect fingerprints and incorrect passwords and neither showed up in the report.

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26-Mar-2008, 10:16 PM #4
The eventID's are correct. Did you checkmark the Security log in that view?
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