If you are like me, you probably miss being able to easily filter your security event logs by a specific user like we did in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. Well, it is still possible in Windows 2008 and Windows 7. You just need to use the XML filter option. When you are in the security event logs, click on "Filter Current Log..." from the actions pane. Click the XML tab of the window that opens, and check the box next to "Edit query manually".
Showing posts with label Event Logs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Event Logs. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
How to Configure Windows Event Logs as SNMP Traps
There are a lot of different monitoring suites out there that monitor servers by using SNMP traps. If you want to be alerted when a specific error or warning occurs in any of your event logs, you need to configure those events to send an SNMP trap.
To do this, you need to launch %windir%\system32\evntwin.exe to start configuring them. That opens up a window like this.
To do this, you need to launch %windir%\system32\evntwin.exe to start configuring them. That opens up a window like this.
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