On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:16:29 -0800, "David E. Ross"
wrote:

On 2/22/2019 5:42 AM, wrote:
is there a better way to get to the system event log than using eventvwr.msc at a c prompt?


I put a shortcut with the target C:\Windows\system32\compmgmt.msc into
my Start menu.

I didn't create a new shortcut, preferring instead to use the existing
shortcuts. (The following is from memory since I'm not on a Win 7 system
at the moment.)

In the Start menu, right click on Computer.
On the Desktop, right click on Computer.
In Win Explorer, right click on This PC.

In each of the three cases, click on Manage in the pop-up context menu
to bring up the Management Console.

Clicking on the shortcut gives me the Computer
Management window, which includes navigation to [System Tools Event
Viewer Windows Logs]. At Windows Logs, the separately selectable
events are Application, Security, Setup, System, and Forwarded Events.

Some people prefer to bring up the individual management modules without
the Management Console framework, but (my) monitors are plenty big that
I don't mind the framework at all, especially since I usually visit two
or more modules when I'm in there.

For merely viewing events, I also have FullEventLogView.exe and
EventLogChannelsView.exe from http://www.nirsoft.net/. I am not sure
of the usefulness of EventLogChannelsView.exe.


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Char Jackson