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Query the New Windows Audit Policies Programmatically

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26 Feb 2010CPOL3 min read 54K   2K   14  
This sample show how to access the information retrieved by running Auditpol.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<VisualStudioProject
	ProjectType="Visual C++"
	Version="9,00"
	Name="Audit Policy Browser"
	ProjectGUID="{07C018D5-2FE1-4BA4-8BF1-CADFF84DF5CE}"
	RootNamespace="AuditPolicyBrowser"
	Keyword="MFCProj"
	TargetFrameworkVersion="196613"
	>
	<Platforms>
		<Platform
			Name="Win32"
		/>
	</Platforms>
	<ToolFiles>
	</ToolFiles>
	<Configurations>
		<Configuration
			Name="Debug|Win32"
			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
			ConfigurationType="1"
			UseOfMFC="2"
			CharacterSet="1"
			>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCMIDLTool"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
				MkTypLibCompatible="false"
				ValidateParameters="true"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
				Optimization="0"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;_DEBUG"
				MinimalRebuild="true"
				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
				RuntimeLibrary="3"
				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
				WarningLevel="3"
				DebugInformationFormat="4"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
				Culture="1033"
				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(IntDir)"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCLinkerTool"
				AdditionalDependencies="Advapi32.lib"
				LinkIncremental="2"
				GenerateManifest="true"
				UACExecutionLevel="2"
				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
				SubSystem="2"
				TargetMachine="1"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCALinkTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManifestTool"
				EmbedManifest="true"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCFxCopTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
			/>
		</Configuration>
		<Configuration
			Name="Release|Win32"
			OutputDirectory="$(SolutionDir)$(ConfigurationName)"
			IntermediateDirectory="$(ConfigurationName)"
			ConfigurationType="1"
			UseOfMFC="2"
			CharacterSet="1"
			WholeProgramOptimization="1"
			>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCMIDLTool"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
				MkTypLibCompatible="false"
				ValidateParameters="true"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
				Optimization="2"
				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_WINDOWS;NDEBUG"
				MinimalRebuild="false"
				RuntimeLibrary="2"
				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
				WarningLevel="3"
				DebugInformationFormat="3"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
				Culture="1033"
				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(IntDir)"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCLinkerTool"
				AdditionalDependencies="Advapi32.lib"
				LinkIncremental="1"
				UACExecutionLevel="2"
				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
				SubSystem="2"
				OptimizeReferences="2"
				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
				TargetMachine="1"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCALinkTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCManifestTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCFxCopTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
			/>
			<Tool
				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
			/>
		</Configuration>
	</Configurations>
	<References>
	</References>
	<Files>
		<Filter
			Name="Source Files"
			Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
			>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Browser.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy BrowserAbout.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy BrowserDlg.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Category.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Manager.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Subcategory.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy.cpp"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\stdafx.cpp"
				>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Debug|Win32"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
						UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
				<FileConfiguration
					Name="Release|Win32"
					>
					<Tool
						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
						UsePrecompiledHeader="1"
					/>
				</FileConfiguration>
			</File>
		</Filter>
		<Filter
			Name="Header Files"
			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
			UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}"
			>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Browser.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy BrowserAbout.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy BrowserDlg.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Category.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Manager.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Subcategory.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Resource.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\stdafx.h"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\targetver.h"
				>
			</File>
		</Filter>
		<Filter
			Name="Resource Files"
			Filter="rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav"
			UniqueIdentifier="{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}"
			>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\res\Audit Policy Browser.ico"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\Audit Policy Browser.rc"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\res\AuditPolicyBrowser.rc2"
				>
			</File>
			<File
				RelativePath=".\res\manifest.bin"
				>
			</File>
		</Filter>
		<File
			RelativePath=".\ClassDiagram1.cd"
			>
		</File>
		<File
			RelativePath=".\ClassDiagram2.cd"
			>
		</File>
	</Files>
	<Globals>
		<Global
			Name="RESOURCE_FILE"
			Value="Audit Policy Browser.rc"
		/>
	</Globals>
</VisualStudioProject>

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Marc Ochsenmeier is the author of pestudio (www.winitor.com) and worked as developer with the focus on Windows Security. He now works as a Malware Analyst

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