11.11. Using Event Viewer

Event Viewer has also been overhauled for Windows Vista. Event Viewer, shown in Figure 11.53, enables you to view event logs that are created by the operating system. This utility is very useful when troubleshooting problems that occur on your computer. Whenever an error occurs, an event is usually placed in one or more event logs. To open Event Viewer, click Start Control Panel System and Maintenance Administrative Tools Event Viewer. Alternatively, you can right-click Computer, choose Manage from the context menu, and open Event Viewer under System Tools.

Whereas old versions of Event Viewer contained only the Application, Security, and System logs, Windows Vista's version of Event Viewer contains the following Windows Logs: