The log-on/log-off category of the Windows security log gives you the ability to monitor all attempts to access the local computer. In this article I’ll examine each log-on type in greater detail and ...

This post explains how to view or clear the Event Log in the Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) on a Windows PC. Windows 11/10 OS may occasionally throw up errors, and at such times, you may want to get a ...

Event 4688 documents each program a computer executes, its identifying data, and the process that started it. Several event 4688s occur on your system when you log into a system. For example, Session ...

Continued use of Windows will generate a large number of log files, but how can one easily monitor these files without having to go through a series of mouse clicks? Well, recently, we’ve been testing ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.

Any system can collect logs, but most security operations do a poor job of filtering them to find evidence of malicious activity. Here's where to start Most malicious computer attacks leave telltale ...