A Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) that fails to create a memory dump file and leaves no trace in the Event Viewer is a frustrating scenario when trying to troubleshoot the issue. This absence of evidence ...

In Event Viewer, Audit Success is an event that records an audited security access attempt that is successful, whereas Audit Failure is an event that records an audited security access attempt that ...

Now, this method has worked for us PC users since time immemorial, but there's another, more reliable way you can use to ...

Having had to become a bit more involved with the Event Viewer recently it's becoming clear, pretty fast, that the viewer itself does not provide the tools necessary for proper monitoring of the ...

Take advantage of the Windows Event Log to store the log data of your .NET Core applications running on Windows The Windows operating system logs data into the Windows Event Log whenever a problem ...

Event 4688 documents each program a computer executes, its identifying data, and the process that started it. Several event 4688s occur on your system when you log into a system. For example, Session ...

Message: The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort2, did not respond within the timeout period. OK, atapi usually means optical drives, one of my CD/DVD drives is on the fritz. Easy enough to fix. Problem is, I ...

Microsoft has confirmed that its latest updates for Windows 10 and below cause a problem in its Event Viewer app when using Customer Views. The problem may occur for anyone who installed cumulative ...

The DistributedCOM error, specifically Event ID 10016, is a common issue in Windows that can be perplexing but is often harmless. However, for users who prefer a ...

Microsoft has mistakenly tagged an ongoing Windows Firewall error message bug as fixed in recent updates, stating that they are still working on a resolution. Earlier ...

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 ...