Thanks! On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a good primer on powershell for log files. You have to put in the > specific log you are interested it getting the details from. After that, > the data is an object which is what we all like to play with. > > https://www.petri.com/how-to-pull-data-from-log-files-using-powershell > > This one points to the windows upgrade log by you can put in any you want. > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Every morning, I get emails from my Linux servers with the output of >> 'logwatch' summarizing interesting events that occurred the day >> before, often leading to some corrective action. >> >> Does anyone have an equivalent utility for Windows machines? >> >> A client called with a support issue and I logged onto their machine >> and reviewed the Event Log. It was full of interesting stuff, some of >> which I'm still trying to resolve. >> >> One of the more interesting was a C0000118-something "AirSpace" error >> that was caused by an Office log which was locked to a max size of 1Mb >> and needed to be cleared manually, rather than being set to Overwrite >> or Rotate. Every time the client got a "Do you want to save your >> changes?" error, all the details were written to the log. The change >> was easy to apply, once the error became known. There was nothing in >> the desktop UI nor pop-up notices that this was happening. >> >> I know this is more a sysop question than a developer question, hence >> [NF] for Not Fox but not Off-Topic. >> >> >> >> -- >> Ted Roche >> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC >> http://www.tedroche.com >> [excessive quoting removed by server]
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