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Are you using Windows 2003 or 2008 and higher? &nbsp;If you are on 2008 you can use the Advanced Audit Policies,<br />
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See screnshot below, notice how you can get more granular<br />
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You can't get more granular on 2003/2000<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Mike
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Are you using Windows 2003 or 2008 and higher?  If you are on 2008 you can use the Advanced Audit Policies,

See screnshot below, notice how you can get more granular

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You can't get more granular on 2003/2000

Thanks

Mike

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I would like to audit a specific folder and its contents for user access. &nbsp;I have turned on &quot;audit object access&quot; and then turned auditing on at the folder but my security event log seems to get filled with a ton of other events. &nbsp;How can I narrow down the events that get logged and only log the access of the contents of the single folder?
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I would like to audit a specific folder and its contents for user access.  I have turned on "audit object access" and then turned auditing on at the folder but my security event log seems to get filled with a ton of other events.  How can I narrow down the events that get logged and only log the access of the contents of the single folder?

Folder/file access audit

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