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Reading Event Logs
Windows supplies a standard user interface for viewing the logs (the Event Viewer). Using the common language runtime's EventLog component, you can easily connect to existing event logs on both local and remote computers, and write entries to these logs. You can also read entries from existing logs and create your

Where are the event log mesages?
ptwilliams ptw2...@hotmail.com microsoft public win2000 active_directory You can set the event viewer to delete events only when they're older than 180 days by right-clicking a log and choosing this option. However, as far as I know, there is no way to make the size of the event logs dynamic.

PHP in Windows. Can I read from the Event Log?
Here is the doc: Event Log Dump Utility Dumpel.exe Windows NTŪ Resource Kits Contents Introduction Command-line syntax Examples Introduction This command-line utility can be used to dump an event log into a tab-separated text file. It can also be used to apply a filter to find or exclude certain event types.

event viewer - security log
I have a small app which tries reading the system, application, and security event logs within Vista. Many of the event logs return with a generic sentance indicating that: "The description for Event ID '1073742825' in Source 'LoadPerf' cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry

trying to get Event log from a remote machine?
Scott Schnoll [MVP] scott_schn...@msn.com microsoft public windowsnt domain Hi Mike, The account lockout info is sent from the BDC to the PDC, but the event itself is not. No events in the event logs replicate to any other servers. If you're implementing an alert system that is based on the account lockout event,

Nt Event log files, can we greate a new one
Andrew Tucker a...@halcyon.com microsoft public vc language There's also an entire book dedicated to just the event log. Have a look at _Windows NT Event Logging_ by James Murray at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winlog/ HTH Dave Smith <BrindleW...@compuserve.com> wrote: Simon, Check out "Win32 System Services" by

Utility to generate Event Log Messages
Pigskin Pigs...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows server active_directory A while back the powers that be told us they wanted all ou admins to have the ability to view DC event logs. In Windows 2000 it was pretty cut and dried, but in Windows 2003 we could not figure out how to get it to work.

Event logs
You get an Event Viewer to view NT Event logs as well as a User Administrator and Server Administrator. The event viewer is giving access to the NT Event logs, probably through their own DLLs. Once this tool is installed, you could probably make use of the libraries. Is it really accessing the logs directly,

Event log Problems
Microsoft.com microsoft public mom From a previous post: MOM doesn't automatically scan the network to compile a list of all the custom event logs in use. In the Administrator console go to Rules>Advanced>Providers. Right-click the Providers node and select New>Provider. Choose Windows NT Event Log, and then type

NT Event Log
How do I read the event logs when I can't get into windows to read them? It just looks like goblygook in an editor. Pat, You can't. The event log files are primarily readable from the Event Log Reader. You will need to get the log files to a working machine and can open them there.

Over 900 event errors?!
From: "Dave Leonardi" <DaveLeona...@yahoo.com> Subject: Cannot use Event Viewer Logs after 2003 Server Migration Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:28:47 -0400 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.migration Hi, I had a quick question regarding a problem I'm having with Event Viewer on a Windows 2003 Domain Controller

custom event logs (all of it)
Then it dawned on me - why not use the event log to show her all the events that have gone on. She can now see that no one has disarmed her system while she has been out for the day. Stupid me....now I can actually PROVE to her that she has been the only person in the house (any bets on whether this works...<grin>.

SQL Server event log
Debra Earle theb...@intranet-works.com microsoft public windowsnt misc Tim Madden wrote: I've got several NTWS4.0 machines that have lost the ability to log their Dr. Watson errors to the Event Log. The text log is still updated, but there is no evidence of the error in Event Viewer or DRWTSN32. The Event Logs are

Shortening event logs
Andrew Webb wrote: OK, so the event logs can be fudged ... are there any tools that can secure the event logs further, or is the only solution to have the event logs copied out to an external log server that is protected. Andrew "H C" <carvd...@patriot.net> wrote in message news:3BA9D1FA.460E6FDC@patriot.net.

Writting to Event Log
I am interested in knowing what others may be doing out there in managing their event logs under NT. We have a domain of several servers used for our student lab environment. We have the students using roaming profiles for NT and they each log on to a lab workstation using this profile and the event is logged.

Event Logs - How do you manage them?
This service is not performing it's required task on all machines and those that are having problems have a particular entry (error) recorded in the application event log. The error message is "Invalid Command Received." I'm trying to find this particular string in the application event logs of these remote

How to collect events from custom event log
Jimmy Andersson ji...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsnt misc Take a look at TNT Software, [http://www.tntsoftware.com/products/free.asp], they got a free tool called ClearEL (Clear Event Log) which is a command line utility that enables you to backup and clear any event log on any Windows NT, Windows 2000,

Cannot use Event Viewer Logs after 2003 Server Migration
As far as I can tell, the security policy the events refer to does not exist. Perhaps it derived from one of my earlier configuration attempts. How do I keep AD from attempting to read this object? This event shows up every 10 minutes in the System log:

XP Event Viewer Security Log & FixSbigE Virus (DOS related)
ptwilliams ptw2...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows server active_directory I don't think this will work. This looks like a classic case of the event logs wrapping. This can sometimes help even if the logs are set to overwrite when necessary. In this case, your best bet is to apply the hotfix. Paul.

Iterate event logs
Chris Lawson law...@micron.net alt 2600 Wiping the event logs would set alarm bells ringing with any sys-admin worth his salt, and would enable him to recover any of the deleted event logs and this would enable him to discover you,IMHO. True. It'd be easier just to stop the event log service and restart it after