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Determine when a new connection was added to a Windows 7 box

Hi,

Is there a way to find out when a new connection (in this case a VPN) was added to a Win 7 box?

In an apparent attempt to circumvent firewall/website restrictions, someone added a connection on a Win 7 kiosk box (shared login credentials) to a website that provides VPN access. I'd like to find out when the connection was added. The connection's properties don't show it.

Is there a way?

Thanks,

Paul

asavener

You might be able to determine when the registry keys were added.

I think there's a free tool called Registry Manager Lite from Resplendence that will do this. There are probably other tools available as well.

Darr247

Click the 'start' orb, type in eventvwr.msc and hit Enter.

Expand Applications and Services Logs and see if there's a log for the network adapter. It should tell when a network is added and connected to.

paulc2000

ASKER

Thanks for your replies.

@asavener: I don't know which keys are generated when a new connection is set up, so I don't know what to look for. This might be months old so there probably have been thousands of registry changes in that time.

@Darr247: I opened Event Viewer but that PC doesn't show anything for the network adapter, please see attached screen snippet.

Thanks,

Paul.
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paulc2000

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Unfortunately, it's going to be a while before I can try your suggestion. In the meantime, I'll close this question. Many thanks for your help.

Paul