How to Check System Log in Windows 8?

Posted in  windows | 2022-04-01

How to Use Event Viewer in Windows

Right click on the Start button and select Control Panel > System & Security and doubleclick Administrative tools.
Doubleclick Event Viewer.
Select the type of logs that you wish to review ex: Application, System

How do I View Log Files in Windows 8?

Launch the Windows 8 Event Viewer
To get started with the Event Viewer press Winkey +w, this launches the Search box with the focus on Settings. Now type: "ev" you should see View event logs. Once the Event Viewer has initialized if you expand Windows logs you can see System.

How do I Check Windows Logs?

Open Event Viewer.
In the console tree, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security. The results pane lists individual security events.
If you want to see more details about a specific event, in the results pane, click the event.

How do I View System Logs?

Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer. In event viewer select the type of log that you want to review. Windows stores five types of event logs: application, security, setup, system and forwarded events.

How do I Check the System Event Log for Error Messages?

From the Start menu , click Run.
Type start eventvwr at the command prompt, and press ENTER. ...
From the Start menu, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Event Viewer.

Windows 8 - Event Viewer