Event Viewer - tool in Windows systems that allows users to inspect the event logs.
Event Viewer - tool in Windows systems that allows users to inspect the event logs.
Questions tagged [event-viewer]
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Eventviewer eventid for lock and unlock
What is the event id in Event Viewer for lock, unlock for a computer in Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008?
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Xampp - Apache Shuts Down Unexpectedly, Empty Log File And No Events
I have XAMPP installed on my machine. I am trying to run Apache from the XAMPP Control Panel.
I start the XAMPP Control Panel by right-clicking the shortcut and selecting "Run as administrator" (I am logged in on an account with Administrator…
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IIS 7.0 gives 503 error and stops the application pool
When I start the application pool, and request a page in an application in that pool, I get a "HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable."
If I look at the application pools in IIS, I can see that it has now stopped. Going to the event viewer I…
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How to interpret windows APPCRASH mysterious log?
How should I interpret these logs to identify the cause of the appcrash?
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: InsightAnalysisEngine.exe
P2: 1.0.0.0
P3: 4f4dee84
P4: KERNELBASE.dll
P5:…
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Subscription to Windows Event Log?
I'm working on a project that needs to check the Windows Event Log frequently for certain events. I'm wondering - is there a way to create a subscription to the Windows Event Log for certain events?
So, when the event happens (e.g. event id =…
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Windows Event Viewer holds a lock on my EXE file
I'm curious about something. I'm developing a Windows service and log all the diagnostic events into the Windows Event Log. So when the service is running I open the Event Viewer (from Administrative tools) to view the results of my service's…
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Log to event viewer on Windows with C++
I want to use log on my C++ application. However, I'd like to use Windows (10) event viewer, instead of text files. I found out some weird calls, that I don't even know what the parameters mean - ReportEvent, OpenEventLog and some other Event…
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Application Event log exceeding maximum allowed count
Somehow, the Application Event log count ended up to 18,446,744,073,709,551,499. This causes MMC snap-in to fail when I want to see the event using Event Viewer, giving a System.OverflowException (Value was either too large or too small for an…
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Writing to event log in C# - do I need to use EventLog.CreateEventSource when writing to Application log?
When I use the following code to write to Application Event log, everything works fine:
EventLog log = new EventLog();
log.Source = "Application";
log.WriteEntry("test message", EventLogEntryType.Error);
When I use the code that is from MSDN and…
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How to get a list of all Windows Event Logs (Event Viewer Logs) with their hierarchy and friendly names in C#
I'm trying to replicate the following from the Event Viewer:
I'm having trouble with a few things.
Some of the names I get back are not the display names or friendly names. For example, for "Microsoft Office Alerts" I just get back "OAlerts". How…
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Sharepoint: executing stsadm from a timer job + SHAREPOINT\System rights
I have an unusual situation in which I need a SharePoint timer job to both have local administrator windows privileges and to have SHAREPOINT\System SharePoint privileges.
I can get the windows privileges by simply configuring the timer service to…
Aleksey Kudryavtsev
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How can i export my event logs to a folder (csv or txt) on every start up automatically?
I was looking for either a batch file, powerscript (not really good with yet)or any way to have my event logs exported to txt or csv on every start up?
Im using windows 7 pro if that helps
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Message from event viewer, what does it mean?
.NET Runtime version 4.0.30319.34209 - The profiler was loaded successfully. Profiler CLSID: '{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}'. Process ID (decimal): 1440. Message ID: [0x2507].
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Where are archived evtx files stored?
I know that you can view any evtx files in the event viewer but when you use the option to archive them off what folder are they stored in?
I know that I can find all my evtx files in C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs but when I go into that folder I…
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