Has Someone Used Your PC? 3 Ways to Check

The keyboard is misplaced. Someone left some food crumbs on your desk. Your monitor is tilted at an odd angle. You know someone has been usi...

Has Someone Used Your PC? 3 Ways to Check
The keyboard is misplaced. Someone left some food crumbs on your desk. Your monitor is tilted at an odd angle. You know someone has been using your computer, but you don’t have any evidence to nail down the culprit. Or do you?
The truth is that the person who used your computer not only left behind crumbs of evidence on your desk, but they’ve also likely left crumbs of evidence on the computer itself, without even realizing it. No matter what someone might have done on your PC, the fact is that nearly everything you do leaves some kind of trace on a computer. You just need to know where to go in order to find that evidence.
Some of the things that can leave tracks include restarting a computer, attempting and failing to log into your Windows account, launching applications, browsing the Internet, opening files and more. In this article, I’m going to show you all of the first places you should immediately check if you suspect someone has been using your computer behind your back, without your permission....
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