import win32security, win32event evt = win32event.CreateEvent(None,0,0,None) win32security.LsaRegisterPolicyChangeNotification(win32security.PolicyNotifyAuditEventsInformation, evt) print "Waiting for you change Audit policy in Management console ..." ret_code=win32event.WaitForSingleObject(evt,1000000000) ## should come back when you change Audit policy in Management console ... print ret_code win32security.LsaUnregisterPolicyChangeNotification(win32security.PolicyNotifyAuditEventsInformation, evt)