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Question

How to find out what usb devices have been

Jun 18, 2018 4:37PM PDT

How can I find out what usb devices have been connected to my Windows 10 pc?

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This isn't a feature in Windows.
Jun 18, 2018 4:55PM PDT
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Thank you but I really don't know
Jun 18, 2018 5:13PM PDT

Thank you but I really don't know what I'm looking at here. Anyone care to help me read what it's telling me? I know something was hooked to my computer because when I was outside on the phone I heard the sound my computer makes every time I hook my phone to it. Then when I came back in & hooked my phone to it I got an error which made me suspicious especially with all that has been going on in my life.

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Then no.
Jun 18, 2018 5:34PM PDT

The article is clear how to start logging it but it appears that it's too advanced.

To that end I think you'll have to maintain better security from now on.

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Do you know someone who will help me
Jun 18, 2018 5:50PM PDT

These people also have a phone connected to my account. I cannot get any help with this. My ex husband and his goons have been stalking me for 3 years. They are always one step ahead of me. Tracking my every move.

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The steps to finding out
Jun 18, 2018 6:12PM PDT

Was in the link provided but it only works AFTER you made the changes. If you are looking for a record prior to this the answer is clearly "no."

If you can't use the method in the link, take that link to the person who supports your PC today.

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I did it I just don't know what it's telling me
Jun 18, 2018 6:15PM PDT

HP USB Optical Mouse USB Input Device HID (Human Interface Device) Yes Yes No No 6/16/2018 8:17:28 PM 6/10/2018 7:50:03 PM 0461 4e66 1.00 03 01 02 DESKTOP-PA52MCK 6&3ab27419&0 HidUsb @input.inf,%HID.SvcDesc%;Microsoft HID Class Driver hidusb.sys (Standard system devices) 100 mA 2.00 USB Input Device 10.0.17134.112 HID_Inst.NT input.inf USB\VID_0461&PID_4E66\5&1c50820b&0&7 Removable, SurpriseRemovalOK
0000.0014.0000.007.000.000.000.000.000 USB Input Device HID (Human Interface Device) No Yes No No 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM 046d c521 57.00 03 01 02 DESKTOP-PA52MCK 7&f3600ff&0 HidUsb @input.inf,%HID.SvcDesc%;Microsoft HID Class Driver hidusb.sys (Standard system devices) USB Input Device 10.0.17134.112 HID_Inst.NT input.inf USB\VID_046D&PID_C521&MI_00\6&32f22df7&0&0000 SurpriseRemovalOK
0000.0014.0000.007.000.000.000.000.000 USB Input Device HID (Human Interface Device) No Yes No No 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM 046d c521 57.00 03 00 00 DESKTOP-PA52MCK 7&26f98d44&0 HidUsb @input.inf,%HID.SvcDesc%;Microsoft HID Class Driver hidusb.sys (Standard system devices) USB Input Device 10.0.17134.112 HID_Inst.NT input.inf USB\VID_046D&PID_C521&MI_01\6&32f22df7&0&0001 SurpriseRemovalOK
HP USB Multimedia Keyboard USB Composite Device Unknown Yes Yes No No 6/16/2018 8:17:28 PM 6/10/2018 7:30:50 PM 0461 4e67 1.13 00 00 00 DESKTOP-PA52MCK 6&134d80fa&0 usbccgp @usb.inf,%GenericParent.SvcDesc%;Microsoft USB Generic Parent Driver usbccgp.sys (Standard USB Host Controller) 98 mA 1.10 USB Composite Device 10.0.17134.1 Composite.Dev.NT usb.inf USB\VID_0461&PID_4E67\5&1c50820b&0&8 Removable, SurpriseRemovalOK
Port_#0007.Hub_#0001 USB Composite Device Unknown No Yes No No 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM 6/10/2018 7:30:49 PM 046d c521 57.00 00 00 00 DESKTOP-PA52MCK 6&32f22df7&0 usbccgp @usb.inf,%GenericParent.SvcDesc%;Microsoft USB Generic Parent Driver usbccgp.sys (Standard USB Host Controller) USB Composite Device 10.0.17134.1 Composite.Dev.NT usb.inf USB\VID_046D&PID_C521\5&1c50820b&0&7 Removable, SurpriseRemovalOK

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Let me be clear here.
Jun 18, 2018 6:18PM PDT

Reading that and seeing " 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM 6/10/2018 7:31:01 PM " doesn't tell you a thing?

Or is there another question?

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It tells me something was hooked up but what idk
Jun 18, 2018 6:22PM PDT

All I know is it was before the error because when I plugged my phone back in is when I got the error message. I don't know what it is telling me was plugged into my computer while I was outside on the phone. It's all the same date. Does it tell you something?

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No. Apparently it doesn't tell me a thing!
Jun 18, 2018 6:55PM PDT

No. Apparently it doesn't tell me a thing!

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It tells me
Jun 18, 2018 7:05PM PDT

The time something was plugged or unplugged and what.

"USB Composite Device" looks to be there. What more do you need?

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Part 2.
Jun 18, 2018 4:57PM PDT

This won't show anything I do as my method is to not boot Windows and I can, on most PCs boot up another OS and leave no trace I was there.

Read about it long ago at http://tips.oncomputers.info/archives2004/0401/2004-Jan-11.htm

THE FIRST RULE ABOUT PC SECURITY IS "PHYSICAL SECURITY."

Break this rule and it's game over.

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Just telling you a story.
Jun 18, 2018 9:42PM PDT

I have clients that were convinced folk were sneaking in and plugging in USB things. I am as you may guess quite in tune with many things about PCs.

After all these years all but one were just simply caused by the PC setting the USB to power saving. The USB devices would ding and bing and they would rush in to try to catch the would be perp. Nope, nothing nefarious going on.

-> You seem to be looking for something and while the dump you gave me does tell me time, date and what was unplugged or plugged it, it is all too common to see this as Windows powers down and up the USB controllers.

Nothing mysterious at all to me but I understand that all skill levels arrive here. So far, nothing tells me it's anything to be worried about.

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Thank you.
Jun 21, 2018 2:17PM PDT

Thank you. My 'skill level' was not always so low. I am having to relearn everything because of my husband and his goons stalking me and stealing from me everything I have owned for the past 7 years including my cell phones and computers. Under these circumstances yes I am a bit paranoid, but with plenty of reason to be. I recently discovered a cell phone of which I have never owned attached to my accounts. My facebook has been hijacked and items purchased without my consent. I also have a photograph taken at my husbands house of my stolen laptop and laptop case and a box of cell phones which I suspect contains the cell phones that were stolen from me. They have been sending messages to people pretending to be me and have been sending me messages pretending to be other people. They have been sabotaging my jobs and my relationships. I am simply trying to get my life back.