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gather information about hardware and software problems, and windows xp error log location monitor Windows security events.Open Event ViewerNote•To open Event Viewer, click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools,
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three kinds of logs:Application logThe application log contains events logged by applications or programs. For example, a database program might record a file error in the application log. Program developers decide which windows xp error messages events to monitor.Top of pageSecurity logThe security log records events such as valid windows xp error log file and invalid logon attempts, as well as events related to resource use, such as creating, opening, or deleting files or
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other objects. An administrator can specify what events are recorded in the security log. For example, if you have enabled logon auditing, attempts to log on to the system are recorded in the https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/snap_event_viewer.mspx security log.Top of pageSystem logThe system log contains events logged by Windows XP system components. For example, the failure of a driver or other system component to load during startup is recorded in the system log. The event types logged by system components are predetermined by Windows XP.A computer running Windows configured as a domain controller records events in two additional logs: Top of pageDirectory service logThe directory service https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_evmonevents_2.mspx log contains events logged by Windows directory service. For example, connection problems between the server and the global catalog are recorded in the directory service log.Top of pageFile Replication service logThe File Replication service log contains events logged by Windows File Replication service. For example, file replication failures and events that occur while domain controllers are being updated with information about sysvol changes are recorded in the file replication log. A computer running Windows configured as a Domain Name System (DNS) server records events in an additional log: Top of pageDNS server logThe DNS server log contains events logged by Windows DNS service. Events associated with resolving DNS names to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are recorded in this log. Note•The EventLog service starts automatically when you start Windows. •All users can view application and system logs. Security logs are accessible only to system administrators. •By default, security logging is turned off. To enable security logging, use Group Policy to set the Audit policy. The administrator can also set auditing policies in the registry that cause the system to halt when the security log is full. For more information, see:•Interpreting an event •Viewing and archiving log files •Monitoring security events T
Appearance Subscribe l l FOLLOW US TWITTER GOOGLE+ FACEBOOK GET UPDATES BY EMAIL Enter your email below to get exclusive access to our best articles and tips before everybody else. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Search How-To Geek Fixing "The Event http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/fixing-the-event-log-is-full-error-on-windows-xp/ Log is Full" Error on Windows XP I was working on a project for work when I suddenly http://superuser.com/questions/173887/where-are-the-results-of-the-xp-disk-error-checking-utility-logged got the strangest error: "The Event Log is Full". Seriously? What I didn't remember is that Windows XP doesn't automatically overwrite events less than 7 days old from the event log, so when it's full, most applications that try and write to the event log are going to break. You can easily fix this problem by changing the event logs to overwrite old events regardless of the date, or windows xp just increase the size that the log is allowed to grow to. Note: If your event log is so huge within 7 days that you are getting this error, there's probably something seriously wrong. You should inspect your event log to understand what is causing all of the errors… more on that in a future article. Increasing Event Log Size Open up Event Viewer by typing in eventvwr into the Start \ Run box, or you can find it under Administrative tools section of Control Panel. You'll notice windows xp error over on the right-hand side of the window that the current size of my Application and System Event Logs are 512 KB… Now you can right-click on one of the Event Logs in the list, and choose Properties from the menu. In this dialog you can do a number of things… you could clear the log, increase the size, or just set the system to overwrite events as needed. I chose to increase the maximum size of the event log, and then also to overwrite events as needed. For those of you using Windows Vista, you'll notice that the default settings in Vista are to overwrite as needed, and the maximum size is way bigger. Guess my setting choices make sense then… Again, if your Application or System event logs are growing so gigantic that you are getting this error, you should really look into the root cause by carefully examining the entries in the logs. JOIN THE DISCUSSION Tweet Lowell Heddings, better known online as the How-To Geek, spends all his free time bringing you fresh geekery on a daily basis. You can follow him on Google+ if you'd like. Published 12/9/08 SHOW ARCHIVED READER COMMENTS (25) Comments (25) December 10, 2008 venkat This is a nice tweak to increase the event log file size. December 10, 2008 Bill You can also Clear all Events from the same context menu as well :) December 10, 2008 Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shedeed Great, thanks. December 12, 2008 Orange I had that happen to me, and I discovered that someone on a
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