An event log is a file used to record a timeline of events along with contextual metadata
Questions tagged [event-log]
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What's the best way to debug a beta C# desktop application
I have a desktop windows 7 C# desktop application. It is about to become a beta for release and I was wondering what is the best way to log errors, or warnings when a user is using it.
I was thinking of using the EventLog. My main question is what…
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how does event tracing and event logging works in terms of real-time event consumption
I am newbie to windows events I was wondering how I could consume events in real-time as new events are generated. So i need to know in simple terms how event tracing and event logging works
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Reading Log from android app through Robotium test project
I need to read the logs from the android application project through robotium test project. Please help me out.
Thanks
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CreateEventSource generates exception even under Admin account
I am running this code under an account that is an Administrator:
if (EventLog.Exists("AppName") == false)
EventLog.CreateEventSource("AppName", "Application"); // exception here
It throws a SecurityException:
"The source was not found, but…
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Convert Windows event log to text or CSV
I'm new here and i have a question. I'm trying to get the original event logs (Application, System, Security) from Windows and export them to a text or CSV file.
Quite easy, you'd think, but with PowerShell I can't get it right.
If I go to the…
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IndexOutOfRangeException when iterating through a EventLogEntryCollection in a for loop
I currently have a project that takes every x number of seconds (using Timer and a 10000 milliseconds Interval) the events happening on Windows and filters them under certain conditions.
Each time the Timer does Tick, date and hour corresponding to…
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How to create a custom event in Windows OS?
How can I create a custom event in Windows OS?
I must be able to create a custom event data containing various parameters.
It might be either using command prompt or PowerShell.
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Multithread Windows Service
How and where do I multithread my code. I currently have a Windows service that collects events from the Windows System log. The service forwards collected events to a remote service. My code is in VB.NET. I am using AddHandler and EventWritten to…
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"Source property was not set before writing to the event log."
One user of a Application is getting the Error "Source property was not set before writing to the event log." when the user uploads a file. Other users of the same application are not getting this Error when they upload a file. What could be the…
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How to understand async in javascript and the communication with EventLoop?
Well I'm new in javascript, and confused about what's the async in javascript and the communication between event loop?
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