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Event Viewer is a component of the Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems that lets administrators and users view the event logs on a local or remote machine.

Overview

Event logs have been a feature of Windows NT since its original release in 1993. Applications and operating system components can make use of this centralized log service to report events that have taken place, such as a failure to start a component or complete an action. The system defines three log sources, "System", "Application", and "Security". The System and Application log sources are intended for use by the Windows operating system and Windows applications respectively; the Security log source, however, is only directly writable by the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (lsass.exe).

Windows NT 4 added support for defining "event sources" (i.e. the application which created the event) and performing backups of logs.

Windows 2000 added the capability for applications to create their own log sources in addition to the three system-defined "System", "Application", and "Security" log files. NT4's Event Viewer was also replaced with a Microsoft Management Console snap-in.

Windows Server 2003 added some API calls so that applications could register with the security event logs, and write security audit entries.

Windows Vista has a completely new event system called the Windows Event Log.

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