If you do not find any event log on the computer, restarting the Windows Event Log service might help. System File Checker or SFC is the built-in tool of Windows that can fix corrupt system files. It ...

The default Event Log Viewer in Windows 11/10 is very effective at what it sets out to do but doesn’t do everything one might need from such a tool. And that’s fine because the basis is what most ...

Having had to become a bit more involved with the Event Viewer recently it's becoming clear, pretty fast, that the viewer itself does not provide the tools necessary for proper monitoring of the ...

I work in tech support and often have to investigate Event Viewer logs from customer servers. I have to maintain a lab of computers with various flavors of MS operating systems just to be able to view ...

Windows Server 2003 admins can benefit from using the various snap-ins included with the Computer Management Console. Learn about one of these snap-ins: Event Viewer. Windows Server 2003 admins can ...

Have you ever needed to look for a certain event with the Event Viewer logs? If you did, you probably went through the normal method – opening the Event Log viewer, and performing a filter on the ...

Whether you’re conducting a digital forensics investigation or troubleshooting USB flash drive connections, Event Viewer can provide what you need. Soon after my article How to track down USB devices ...