5.9. Virtual Machine and Bootcamp Logs

It's hard to imagine that discussing the methods that Windows uses to log events would ever factor into a book about the Mac. Who knew ten years ago that two competing technologies would ever converge? But converging they are. And if your computer is running VMWare Fusion, Parallels, or Bootcamp with Windows, then security is going to be one of your top concerns. As we've discussed throughout this chapter, logs can give you a wealth of information about how secure your system is. Windows has its own tools that can help you to secure a Windows environment on the Mac.

5.9.1. Event Viewer

The Event Viewer is similar to the Console application on a Mac. It provides an administrator with one place to go to ...

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