The default Event Log Viewer in Windows 11/10 is very effective at what it sets out to do but doesn’t do everything one might need from such a tool. And that’s fine because the basis is what most ...

If the Windows Event Log process is taking a high CPU, disk, memory, or power usage on your computer, here are the methods to fix the issue: End the Windows Event Log task from Task Manager. Stop the ...

Windows 11 is refreshing Secure Boot keys in 2026. Here's why TPM-WMI Event ID 1801 appears, and how to verify the new certificate.

It's more user-friendly than Event Viewer, clearly highlighting critical issues with the system ...

As a PC user, diagnosing performance issues, blue screens, and weird behavior comes with the territory. Windows is often the culprit behind many of these problems, but it also has a built-in ...

Take advantage of the Windows Event Log to store the log data of your .NET Core applications running on Windows The Windows operating system logs data into the Windows Event Log whenever a problem ...

SIEM and SOAR allow enterprises to collect and correlate log event data but may not be the ideal choice for every organization. Microsoft’s Windows Event Forwarding aggregates system event logs from ...

Finding ransomware traces in Event Logs The investigation strategy proposed by JPCERT/CC covers four types of Windows Event Logs: Application, Security, System, and Setup logs. These logs often ...

I'm writing a Windows app in unmanaged C++ and want to log some simple events to the Application log. I'm normally a *nix guy and am used to being able to just call syslog() (or asl(3) on Mac OS X). I ...