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 ...

Windows Event Viewer shows the system events and helps review app, security, and system logs useful to check errors on Windows 11. However, this handy utility can stop working for various reasons, ...

Has anyone implemented an event logging system? I'm working in a 2008 R2 functional level domain, with all DCs set up as source computers and a 2008 r2 collection server, and I'm having a great deal ...

Incident responders and blue teams have a new tool called Chainsaw that speeds up searching through Windows event log records to identify threats. The tool is designed to assist in the first-response ...

Hackers have found a new way to hide malware through a technique which experts have described as "impressive." Experts discovered that hackers have been using Windows event logs as a place to hide ...

Microsoft is having difficulty keeping development code out of the Windows event log after another message that users are advised to ignore turned up in the... event ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.

In brief: The Windows event log and Event Viewer are supposed to help users diagnose security issues and other problems in PCs. However, Kaspersky researchers encountered one hacker who used the event ...

Working with multiple versions of Windows client and server operating systems can occasional cause some frustration. For instance, if you have both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 running ...

An excellent PowerShell script is easy to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. When developing scripts, it's important to not just consider "working" a symbol of success but also that you have ...

An unprecedented discovery made by Kaspersky could have serious consequences for those using Windows operating systems. The cybersecurity company published an article on May 4 detailing that — for the ...