Windows built-in event viewer solves system failures

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Both regular computer users and professional computer system administrators encounter certain system errors when operating the computer. Many friends often find it difficult to find the cause of the error and can't solve the problem. In fact, using Windows' built-in event viewer, coupled with appropriate network resources, can solve most of the system problems.

First, what can the event viewer do?

Microsoft integrates event viewers in the operating system with Windows NT as the kernel. These operating systems include Windows 2000NTXP2003. The Event Viewer can do a lot of things, such as auditing system events and depositing systems, security, and application logs.

The system log contains information, warnings, or errors generated by the Windows operating system. By looking at these information, warnings or errors, we can not only learn about the configuration or operation of a function, but also the reasons why some functions of the system fail or become unstable.

The security log stores information about whether the audit event was successful. By looking at this information, we can see if these security audit results are successful or failed.

The application log contains information, warnings, or errors generated by the application. By looking at these information, warnings, or errors, we can see which applications are running successfully, what errors or potential errors have occurred. Program developers can use these resources to improve their applications.

Click "Start → Run", enter eventvwr, click "OK", you can open the event viewer.

To view the details of an event:

Select the log type (application, security, or system) in the tree view to the left of the Event Viewer, in the details pane on the right All the logs of this class in the system will be displayed. Double-click on one of the logs to view the details. In the log properties window we can see the date the event occurred, the source, type and ID of the event, and a detailed description of the event. This is the most important thing for us to find solutions to errors.

Search for events:

If there are too many events in the system, we will have a hard time finding events that really cause system problems. At this point, we can use the event "filter" function to find the log we are looking for.

Select the type of log (application, security, or system) in the tree view on the left, right-click View, and select Filter. The log filter will start.

Select the type of event you want to find, such as "Error", and the associated event source and category, and so on, and click OK. The Event Viewer performs a lookup and displays only those events that meet these criteria.

Second, use the viewer to solve system problems

After finding the events that caused the system problems, we need to find a solution to them. There are two ways to find solutions to these problems: the Microsoft Online Technical Support Knowledge Base and the Eventid.net website.

Microsoft Online Technical Support Knowledge Base (KB):

The Microsoft Knowledge Base article is composed of Microsoft official materials and technical articles written by Microsoft's Most Valuable Professionals. Product problems and malfunctions.

When Microsoft's bugs and error-prone application points are discovered, there will be a corresponding KB article to analyze the error solution.

The address of the Microsoft Knowledge Base is: http://support.microsoft.com. Enter the relevant keywords in the "Search (Knowledge Base)" on the left side of the page to query, event source and ID. . Of course, it is also a good idea to enter the keywords in the detailed description. If there is an error number in the log, it is not a bad idea to enter this error number for querying.

Eventid.net:

To find a solution to the system error event, there is a better place: Eventid.net, the address is www.eventid.net. Hosted by numerous Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals), this site contains almost all system event solutions.

After logging in to the site, click on the "Search Events" link and the event search page appears. According to the page prompt, enter the Event ID and Event Source and click the Search button. Eventid.net's system will find all relevant resources and solutions. Most importantly, enjoying these solutions is completely free. Of course, paying users of Eventid.net can enjoy better services, such as direct access to knowledge base articles for an event.

Other Resources:

In fact, we can also find many useful resources in the network, which can be used when there is a problem in the system. For example, the "Microsoft Newsgroup FAQ" section of the www.diyinside.com website provides many useful troubleshooting tips.

In addition, Microsoft Chinese Community (http://www.microsoft.com/china/community) provides free online technical support and regular expert chat, as long as it is used a little, it can become a solution to the system. A valuable resource for the disease.

In general, the event logging mechanism provided in the Windows operating system provides a quick way for us to identify system problems, and various network resources such as official and third parties enable us to solve these problems quickly. . Through this article, I hope that readers can make full use of these resources, and they can solve them autonomously in the future when there are problems in the system. Save time and save money.