Well, as everyone knows there is no way you can assign permissions for Copy/Paste of files on windows platform.

I need to control the copy process from a central file server, in a way that helps me know:

1. which user performed the copy
2. Which files were copied
3. where did he pasted them
4. Total size of data copied
5. Time of copy operation
6. If user exceeds the allowed "Copy-Limit", a dialog box requests him to enter administrative credentials or deny him (as it would be configured)
7. Store all this data in a file for later review or send by email.

I need to collect this data by putting a utility program on the server itself, without any other installation on client computers.

I know about monitoring the Clipboard, but which clipboard would it be? the user's clipboard or the server's clipboard ? And what about drag-drop operation, which doesn't even pass through the clipboard? Any knowledge of whether SystemFileWatcher is useful in such case ?

Any ideas ?