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The Event Log is a set of logs in a Windows system that are used by default by the Windows system, system component and many applications to record events.

The Event Log is a set of logs in a Windows system that are used by default by the Windows system, system component and many applications to record events.

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Does Windows log programs that have been run/called?

In Windows, is there a log that records what programs were run/called? While browsing the internet, viewing a static page with no ads, mouse clicks, keypresses, or miscellaneous plugins/addons/scripts running, I just saw a spontaneous CMD.exe…
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Why does Windows 10 show "Resume from Hibernation" on every boot though it was shutdown properly?

What I found in the event log is some information that apparently the system was reactivated from standby mode, but I definitely shut the system down regularly. This happens all the time. What is it, some faulty ACPI config?
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How to disable Windows 10 system log

In Windows 10 Resource Monitor I found that the system process is constantly writing C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\wfp\wfpdiag.etl at like 30-100KB/s. This equals 1TB write/year which is not healthy for SSD. There are other log write like…
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Starting scheduled task by detecting connection of USB device

I know it has been discussed that it is not possible to start an application from an usb drive upon connection due to limitations of autorun (or autoplay??) in Win 7. But it is possible to create a scheduled task having an event type trigger. Surely…
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How to check the event log (if any) for network failure?

Suppose, when you leave your computer running while it's connected to internet and after a while if your WiFi modem freezes in the middle, then there would be a "Limited or No Network connectivity" message indicated by a yellow warning sign on the…
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Are USB unplug events logged in Windows 7? (When was my mouse stolen?)

I know this sounds kind of ridiculous, but someone stole my mouse from my cubicle.. I came to work in the morning and was about to give my mouse a little shove to wake up the monitor, but it wasn't there! I'm trying to figure out when this happened.…
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Display all power related events (turn-on/-off/sleep/hibernate/...)?

Imagine your computer is doing strange things regarding turning on, off, sleeping, hibernating, restart, being on in the morning when you set it to sleep in the evening before and similar things. I assume these "events" are somewhere in the Event…
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Where is the log file generated by a verbose start-up in OS X Lion?

After starting up my machine in verbose mode (cmd + v at start-up) I want to view the generated log messages, to debug an error I'm receiving (the error). The error is only displayed on the screen briefly during startup, before the machine reboots.…
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Why did my Windows 10 restart?

I did run my overnight computations and when I came to my computer, it is restarted :-( I would like to find reason why, if it was due to my computation process crashing or some system update. I have tried to look into the Event Log Viewer, Windows…
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Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586 errors with 0x8024200D

I have seen a few people with this problem on forums, but nobody seems to have a solution yet. Windows says I should restart because I have an update pending (this is 10586). During restart there is no indication that any updated are being installed…
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How can I use Event Viewer to confirm login times filtered by User?

I'm required to log my start and finish times at work. Occasionally I forget to do this and had a bright idea that checking the Security events log would allow me to retrospectively ascertain my times. Unfortunately, the logs are much bigger than I…
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How to show event logs containing specific text from powershell

I'm trying to quickly show all events from the last ~day in window's event log which contain a certain string in power shell. I've found powershell commands for listing events, but I basically want to "GREP" them for specific text. I need to use…
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Why is the "Task category" drop down to filter a Windows event log disabled?

I've got a specific "Task category" of Windows log events I'd like to see on their own, but the option to filter by category in the "Filter Current Log" dialog is disabled/greyed out. How can I use it?
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Windows 10 ShellExperienceHost crashes

I recently cloned my Windows 10 partition from HDD to SSD. I cannot open the Start Menu, Notifications, or anything that uses ShellExperienceHost. This includes things like the Calculator app, Edge browser and the metro style right click menu when…
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What is SRUJet?

I see in Event log many error entries : svchost (1500) SRUJet: An attempt to open the file "C:\Windows\system32\SRU\SRUDB.dat" for read / write access failed with system error 5 (0x00000005): "Access is denied. ". The open file operation…
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