If you suspect that someone had access to your computer with Windows operating system, without your permission, there are a few steps you can follow to check and determine if this is the situation. In this tutorial you will see some simple ways to check if someone has walked in your computer.
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Normally, if you do not want another person to have access to your computer or laptop, the simplest is to set a strong authentication password on your system user. So, it will be quite difficult for someone else to access your personal files on your laptop or computer.
How can you check if someone has walked in your computer (Windows)
When you have a suspicion that someone has walked in your computer and you want to find out what folders, files or documents have accessed, the easiest thing is to check the recent ITEMS list.
Check the list of recently accessed files on Windows 11
In order to access the list of recently accessed files on a computer with Windows operating system, follow the steps in the guide below.
“Recent Items” se regăsește de cele mai multe ori în bara laterală din partea stângă din File Explorer, where the folders are and “Desktop”, “Documents”, “Downloads”. Dacă nu aveți shortcut direct către “Recent Items“, puteți accesa folderul “Recent Items” FROM “File Explorer“. Tot ce trebuie să faceți este să introduceți adresa de mai jos in bara de sus și să apăsați “Enter“.
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items
În lista cu fișierele și folderele recent accesate, click pe “Date modified” pentru a le face sortarea în funcție de dată. Tot de aici poți da click pe săgeata de lângă “Date modified” pentru a selecta o anumită dată sau interval de timp.
If you notice that in this list there are files and locations that you have not accessed, someone has certainly walked in the computer.
You check the Chrome, Edge or Firefox web browsing history
Verificând istoricul de navigare pe web poți să afli dacă o altă persoană a fost la calculatorul tău. În cele mai multe configurații ale browserelor Chrome, Edge sau Firefox, acestea rețin în ordine cronologică adresele web care au fost accesate. Mai puțin atunci când browserul a fost deschis în modul Incognito sau “Private”.
Pentru majoritatea internet browserelor este suficient să apeși combinația de taste “Ctrl + h” pentru a deschide istoricul de navigare web. Așadar, deschide Chrome, Firefox sau Edge, apoi apasă tastele “Ctrl + h” și vezi ce adrese web au fost accesate de la calculatorul tău.
Event Viewer helps you find out if someone has been walking in your computer
Windows operating systems automatically record logs that contain various key activities, including authentication processes. Through Event Viewer, it is possible to identify the exact moment of the computer opening, having access to detailed information about the date and time at which the authentication took place.
In order to access Event Viewer and see the date and hours at which someone has been authenticated on the computer, follow the steps in the guide below:
1. Open “Start” apoi caută “Event Viewer” și deschide utilitarul.
2. In the left side you access: Event Viewer (Local) > Windows Logs > Security. In the list of events, those with ID: 4624.
Events with ID 4624 are those that correspond to successful authentifications on your Windows computer.
The above are three simple methods by which you can find out if someone has walked on your computer, but in the first two methods are easy to delete if that person knows how to wipe the browsing history sau înregistrările din “Recent Items“.
This tutorial is made on the Windows 11 operating system, but in the same way you can check if someone has accessed your computer or laptop with Windows 10 system.
