Disk monitor?

[BobTheSlob]

Some sort of software that tells me whenever a folder/file is created or when a registry value is added/modified/deleted.

Something like that? Some sort of background app..maybe pops up a window or an alert when one of the above things happened.

 

[TechLarry]

Process Monitor 1.12 from Winternals (now owned by Microsoft) is just what you need.

Be warned, it generates a TON of data to sift through. Luckily it has filters.

You can find it somewhere on Microsoft's site.

In fact, you can find it right here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/processmonitor.mspx

I just did a 1 minute 'scan', and it generated 80,000 events