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Author Topic: Shut down Logs for Windows..!! ;)  (Read 2647 times)

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Givin Varghese

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Shut down Logs for Windows..!! ;)
« on: November 07, 2013, 07:33:17 am »
We may sometimes find difficult :'(  to find the server logs for the windows. This article help to navigate to the windows sever (for desktop also) shutdown logs 8).

1. Start >> Administrative tools >> Event Viewer (if this is not found in the desktop version, follow the below steps.)
                                                              OR
Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type eventvwr.msc, and press Enter. In Desktop, if prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes (Windows 7/8) or Continue (Vista).

2. In the left pane of Event Viewer, double click/tap on Windows Logs to expand it, click on System to select it, then right click on System, and click/tap on Filter Current Log.

3.Do either step 4 or 5 below for what shutdown events you would like to see.

4. To See the Dates and Times of All User Shut Downs of the Computer
                 A) Click/tap on the drop down arrow to the right of Event sources, check the USER32 box, and click/tap in the<All Event IDs> field.
                 B) In the <All Event IDs> field, type 1074, then click/tap on OK.
                 C) This will give you a list of power off (shutdown) and restart Shutdown Type of events at the top of the middle pane in Event Viewer.
                 D) You can scroll through these listed events to find the events with power off as the Shutdown Type. You will notice the date and time, and what user was responsible for shutting down the computer per power off event listed.
      NOTE: The user is listed as Computer Name/User Name, such as Brink-PC\User-name for example.
                 E) Go to step 6.

6. To See the Dates and Times of All Unexpected Shut Downs of the Computer
                 A) In the <All Event IDs> field, type 6008, then click/tap on OK.
                 B) This will give you a list of unexpected shutdown events at the top of the middle pane in Event Viewer. You can scroll through these listed events to see the the date and time of each one.

7. When finished, you can close Event Viewer. ;D :P ::)

Thank you for your time. :) ;)