The Event Viewer, Explained (It's a mess)
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- ☑️ Many Windows components log messages and use Event Viewer to display them. Sadly, the messages are often cryptic and inconsistent, and the result is a mess.
The Event Viewer in Windows logs system events, offering insights into the system's operations. However, its contents can be confusing for the average user, with a mix of informational messages, warnings, and errors. Despite the seemingly negative content, the presence of errors in the Event Viewer doesn't necessarily indicate a system problem. Scammers exploit this confusion by misleading users into believing their system is compromised, based on the logs. This tool is primarily for technicians and software engineers, who use it for diagnostic purposes. For most users, there's little need to check the Event Viewer unless troubleshooting a known issue. Beware of anyone who prompts unsolicited checks, as they might be scamming you.
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0:00 The Event Viewer
0:26 What Event Viewer Does
2:30 Running Event Viewer
3:33 Application logs
5:20 Scammers use event log errors to scam you
6:44 Most errors are benign
8:04 Chaos in the data
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Don't freak out... when you look, it’s full of errors.
Thanks Leo . It's good to know that my inability to understand event viewer wasn't because I'm a moron.
What about "Setup" and "forwarded events" section of the vent viewer. I just got a new win 11 system and this sections aren't showing logs. On my windows 10 machine it shows the logs no problem.
Perfect explanation, thank you!
My windows server 2019 has tons of Audit Failures, IP's from Hackers (Europe - Asia) trying to log in. Do I have to worry about that?
Thank you for easing my mind, I assumed something was going wrong on my brand new PC without knowing it 😅 I saw the hard drive light next to the power button was blinking and it lead me here. Lol thanks for letting me know its all as nonsensical as I thought!
Takes a bit of googling for error codes, but the event viewer helped me diagnose a bad processor core in my CPU.
I listen to one of your videos and bought more RAM and now my CPU is going up what should I do?
Nice Hard drive platter on your wall!
Sir.., in event viewer management,
1)create custom view
In this field
In filter tab
I can't select any Event logs (it's just shows empty)
What to do next ..?
Please help
Does the event viewer show how many times peripheral devices where connected and disconnected.
I don't believe so, at least not by default, but I could be wrong.
that would be a really useful feature!
i wish i would have seen this before i started trying to fix everything. i am going to stay away from the viewer from now on unless i actually have a problem. Thanks
Great video - thanks for doing these.
“they muddy the water, to make it seem deep.” -friedrich nietzsche
what does event id 5382 mean?
I mean I came here because my system is having problems and I wanted to get a rundown on how to understand the event viewer because I’m noticing patterns in the errors but I can’t quite piece them together…the type of person who would search for this video doesn’t need to hear the information in this video
mine has errors and warnings is this normal
Very. Watch the video.
What is a "Faulting Application" ... and ... what is a "Faulting Module"?
Depends on context. Need more specifics to say. Generally it's a crashing application or component of an application, but it could be other things as well.
I'm just looking for a basic definition. What is "Faulting Application" trying to tell me and what is "Faulting Module" trying to tell me? If the crash could be either ... how do you identify which one crashed?
@@Kmuggle Like I said, those terms alone aren't enough to determine what's going on. More information is needed. Perhaps its there with the EventViewer entry you're getting this from, perhaps it's not. But there's no simple answer.
IMO because Event Viewer is so cryptic and so poorly explained ... it's a useless tool for pretty much everyone unless they're perhaps an IT pro. I've never had a single instance in which Event Viewer was informative or useful in resolving a problem.
@@Kmuggle Quoting the video: "The ugly truth is that the event viewer and what's in it, really the event logs, are a mess. They're an absolute mess."
The title of the video doesn't relate to it's contents. You spent 3/4 of the time warning about scammers exploiting individuals using Event Viewer. Which, is great information.
But I still know nothing about Event Viewer...
He really doesn't say anything about it other than it is useless, no it is useful if you know what you are trying to do. For example, you can go to Security log and see who logged on to your computer.
10 minutes to tell us you can't understand the events viewer
Thank you! This is exactly what I felt like.
Event viewer is usefull
Ok, but when the error matters, how do I make it make sense?
Ultimately you don't. Unless it's clear (which is rare), the event viewer isn't useful to mere mortals like us.