Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 now support enabling Group Policy Preferences debug logging directly via Local Group Policy, simplifying IT troubleshooting.

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 ...

On any Windows server I've worked on over the years, the security log has always been chock full of 'success audit' entries, and I've then had to filter down and remove the successes. I think only ...

As networks become more distributed and cloud-based, you should consider changing servers to UTC time to ensure proper syncing. This will help with forensics investigations. The concept of time zones ...

In Event Viewer, the errors logged are common, and you will come across different errors with different Event IDs. The events that are recorded in the security logs usually will be either of the ...

First and foremost, users need to install the Windows Server Essentials Log Collector Package. For that, check out the steps to learn how to do it: In case, users need to reinstall Log Collector ...