Microsoft Event Log Help

Adjusting Event Log Size and Retention Settings. Consider that if the event log size is insufficient, overwrites may occur before data is written to the Long-Term Archive and the Audit Database, and some audit data may be lost. Event Viewer is a component of Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems that lets administrators and users view the event logs on a local or remote machine. In Windows Vista, Microsoft overhauled the event system.

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Purpose

The Windows Event Log API defines the schema that you use to write an instrumentation manifest. An instrumentation manifest identifies your event provider and the events that it logs. The API also includes the functions that an event consumer, such as the Event Viewer, would use to read and render the events. To write the events defined in the manifest, use the functions included in the Event Tracing (ETW) API.

Windows Event Log supersedes the Event Logging API beginning with the Windows Vista operating system.

Developer audience

Windows Event Log is designed for C/C++ programmers.

Run-time requirements

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Windows Event Log is included in the operating system beginning with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

For information about run-time requirements for a particular programming element, see the Requirements section of the reference page for that element.

For complete version history, see What's New.

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Help

In this section

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TopicDescription
Using Windows Event Log
Procedural guide that shows how to use the Windows Event Log API.
Windows Event Log Reference
The data types, functions, enumerations, structures, constants, and schemas that the API includes.

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Additional resources

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To get answers to your questions and to find out how other people are using Windows Event Log, visit the Windows Events forum on MSDN.

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