User Credentials Requirements

To audit a machine, you must have credentials and administrator level access.

To audit a remote machine that is not on a domain, you must use the Administrator account (not "an" admin account, "the" Administrator account) on the target PC.

To audit a remote machine on an Active Directory domain, your supplied user (or if none provided, the user running the script) must be a member of the target machines Administrators group (or subgroup).

To audit localhost, any supplied credentials are disregarded and connection is made using the details of the user running the script.

Auditing using a GUI

To do this, go to the Open-AudIT logon page at http://YOUR-SERVER/omk/oae (but do not log in) using Internet Explorer on a Windows PC. You should see a page as below. Click the "Audit My PC" button and run the script. You should see your computer being audited and the data should be posted to the Open-AudIT server.

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