Event Viewer

One of Windows Vista’s standard troubleshooting tools is Event Viewer, which is incorporated into the Computer Management console. You can rely on this utility to be able to see errors and system messages. This tool enables you to view events from multiple event logs on the local computer or another computer to which you can connect, save event filters as custom views for future usage, schedule tasks to run in response to events, and create and manage event subscriptions.

You can open Event Viewer by using any of the following methods: