Recently we released a new edition of Event Log Explorer – Forensic Edition. Currently it has a beta version status – the final release will appear after we complete the documentation and add extra forensic features. Here I will describe the difference between the standard and forensic editions. The program keeps all features of the Standard Edition, and you commonly don’t need to use the… Read More »
Reading event logs from remote computers is crucial for network audit. Both Event Log Explorer and Windows Event Viewer applications allow the system administrators to read event logs remotely. However sometimes (mainly in no Active Directory environment) sysadmins have problems with accessing remote event logs. In this article, I’ll explain how to setup Windows to make event logs accessible over a network. As a rule,… Read More »
Several years ago, I wrote an article about generating weekly reports about network issues. The main drawback of that method was the requirement to have Event Log Explorer running all the time (or at least running by the time when the scheduled task should be started). Since that time, we released new versions and editions of Event Log Explorer and now we can get the… Read More »
Recently we released a new beta of Event Log Explorer 5 and I will show you what features we added. One of the great new features is a Task. The task defines what events will be picked, which computers from and how they will be displayed. Example of a task: Display all warning, error and critical events from System and Application logs of VM2012 and… Read More »
Sometimes you may need to display who logons your server except for the authenticated domain users. It could be authenticated users from the trusted domain, local users, system services, etc. First, we define that we will filter the Security log by Event Id = 4624 (as we did before). The event description of this event looks like An account was successfully logged on. Subject: … Read More »
When you take the first look to Event Log Explorer, you may notice Type column in the event list. In the same time, Windows Event Viewer doesn’t have this column, which may confuse you. If you worked with Windows Event Viewer in old times (with Windows XP or below), you could see the Type column. There were 5 types of events that can be logged… Read More »
Nowadays, Windows PowerShell is considered as a replacement of the classic Windows Console (Command Prompt) utility. In Windows 10, it can be set as a default console in Win+X menu In most cases, when you run command-line utilities from PowerShell and Command Prompt, they will behave exactly the same. However, we discovered that sometimes our command-line utilities work incorrectly when starting from PowerShell, while there… Read More »
Event Log Explorer can export events into Excel, HTML, CSV and PDF files. The export is implemented as an option of user interface and it can be scheduled using internal Event Log Explorer scheduler. Some time ago, I wrote a couple of articles how to schedule export of events into Excel: https://eventlogxp.com/blog/exporting-event-logs-with-windows-powershell/ https://eventlogxp.com/blog/case-study-generating-regular-reports-about-the-problems-in-your-windows-network/). Both methods are not without drawbacks. The Powershell method doesn’t work well… Read More »
Event Log Explorer comes with 3 methods of opening event log files: Standard, New API and Direct. Such an abundance of options may confuse users when choosing the method. “What opening method should I use?” – a very common question of our customers. The answer is very simple: In most cases use New API method. But what the other methods for? First, I should remind… Read More »
At the time, the US companies spend a total of $120 billion on printed forms annually, and each employee uses about 10,000 sheets of paper according to CompTIA. That’s why printer usage monitoring is very important to cut costs for printer supplies and their utilization. Another reason to know who and how uses corporate printers is to manage your resources and plan upgrades or downgrades… Read More »