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Questions tagged [windows-event-log]

"Event log" usually refers to the system/server logs on Microsoft Windows machines.

"Event log" usually refers to the system/server logs on Microsoft Windows machines.

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Export entire Windows Log to XML

I want to create a printer statistic and I have a simple but powerfull XML parser. So I want to export all Events from the printer log to the XML format. The print server runs Win2008R2. When I want to export the filtered log to XML (I have filtered…
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NtpClient will wait 3473457 minutes (over 6 years!) before it will do a new attempt of DNS resolution, eventid 134

I find the message hilarious and at first I thought it was some joke from an over-active programmer of the MS team, or a hoax. However, the message appears again and again, a couple of times a day: NtpClient was unable to set a manual peer to use…
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How to clear the DMI System Event Log from linux?

Is it possible to clear the DMI event log (the one that gets partially shown by dmidecode --type 15) from Linux ? I know it can be cleared from the bios but it is a server in a remote location and I'd like to avoid the downtime of a reboot.
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What is the Task Scheduler syntax for returning the "ComponentStatus" contents in a Windows Server Backup Event

I have created a Task Scheduler event that emails me on EventID 14 in the Microsoft-Windows-Backup event log (note this is a new , style (Vista and up) log. I exported this and after some grubbing around on Serverfault and Technet, including this…
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How to tell what time a domain user logged in?

In the "Security" event log on a Windows 2003 domain controller, I see several entries of event 540 -- "Successful Network Logon" averaging a few minutes apart throughout the day. Is the first one of these for a particular user on a particular day…
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Good Windows event log analyzing/reporting tool?

I'm looking for a Windows eventlog analyzing and monitoring software for Windows Server 2000/2003 (there are some new features in Windows Server 2008.) The feature set should include: real-time monitoring (alerts via email or other…
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Event Log service broken on Windows 8.1 dev machines

On two separate Windows 8.1 installations with Visual Studio 2013 installed, the event log service errors on any attempt to read from/write to it. When I open Event Viewer I get this message when viewing any log: Event Viewer cannot open the event…
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Write to Windows Event Log when an IIS site is started or stopped

Can I configure IIS 7.5 to write to the Windows Event Log whenever one of the sites on the web server is started or stopped? For example when someone starts/stops a site via the IIS Manager user interface. I know I can configure the…
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How to fix "TCP/IP has reached the security limit..." event message

I get the following warning as a System event: "TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts." on o box running Win XP SP3. How can I fix this issue? Also how do I diagnose which apps are opening all…
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How to monitor Windows Server events with Centreon Nagios

I want to monitor events on a Windows Exchange Server (Windows 2008 R2) and have installed NSclient ++ so I can use Centreon Nagios to monitor it. I did a bit of research and came across this question that I found somewhat helpful: How to monitor…
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Windows Event Log Forwarding

I am currently prototyping a setup, in which a Windows Server 2008 is configured as a central logging instance for Windows XP and Windows 7 clients via source initiated event forwarding. All computers are in the same domain. I configured everything…
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How do I find the reason for the last shutdown in Windows Server 2003?

I have a windows server 2003 system which restarted for no apparent reason. Everything seems to be running fine now, but I want to know why it shutdown. I don't see any obvious signs of problems in the event logs. It is running on a UPS so I don't…
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Schannel: Certificate received from the remote server was issued by an untrusted certificate authority

i'm not sure whether to ask this on dba.stackexchange.com or here. Periodically following error is logged in Windows Server 2008 Administrative events: The certificate received from the remote server was issued by an untrusted certificate…
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Event Descriptions Missing From Get-EventLog but present in Get-WinEvent and Event Viewer

Many of the event descriptions for event log events are missing when I query them in powershell with Get-EventLog but they are present when I query them in powershell with Get-WinEvent or view them in the regular event viewer eventvwr.msc Here's the…
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Why is the Application event log getting cleared every night?

We have an automated deployment tool that automatically installs the latest version of our software on a production server every night at 9:00 PM. This has been working well for a long time. Very recently, I started noticing that every time the…
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