Event Viewer- repost

[johnf]

(Sorry, should have been new post, not tacked on the old one)
No responses to my previous post, so I will simplify my query.

In Event Viewer (eventvwr), both in Application & System, the dates begin at
01/01/1970 and run fairly consecutively only as far as 23/02/2003, then is
followed by a dozen entries dated from 1 to 10/10/2033, which makes it
impossible for general troubleshooting !! (This PC is only 2 years old).

Does anyone know if it's possible to clear & then reset Event Viewer so I
can resume with a clean slate and a current date?

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johnf

[Mary Sauer]

The Event Viewer has its own help files.

How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308427

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"johnf" > wrote in message
...
> (Sorry, should have been new post, not tacked on the old one)
> No responses to my previous post, so I will simplify my query.
>
> In Event Viewer (eventvwr), both in Application & System, the dates begin at
> 01/01/1970 and run fairly consecutively only as far as 23/02/2003, then is
> followed by a dozen entries dated from 1 to 10/10/2033, which makes it
> impossible for general troubleshooting !! (This PC is only 2 years old).
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to clear & then reset Event Viewer so I
> can resume with a clean slate and a current date?
>
> --
> johnf
>

[johnf]

Thanks, Mary, I've already been through that. It's only to do with viewing &
handling, nothing about troubleshooting :-(

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johnf

> The Event Viewer has its own help files.
>
> How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308427
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MS MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
> "johnf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> (Sorry, should have been new post, not tacked on the old one)
>> No responses to my previous post, so I will simplify my query.
>>
>> In Event Viewer (eventvwr), both in Application & System, the dates
>> begin at 01/01/1970 and run fairly consecutively only as far as
>> 23/02/2003, then is followed by a dozen entries dated from 1 to
>> 10/10/2033, which makes it impossible for general troubleshooting !!
>> (This PC is only 2 years old). Does anyone know if it's possible to clear
>> & then reset Event Viewer
>> so I can resume with a clean slate and a current date?
>>
>> --
>> johnf