Configuring Event Viewer Information Requests

Windows computers maintain several types of logs to record important events. Events that are logged include system errors and warnings as well as status information that is important for tracking issues and resolving problems. Some of the details logged with events are customizable through Group Policy. We will discuss these customizable details next.

Using Event Viewer Information Requests

Most events recorded in a computer’s log files include a statement in the descriptive text that says the following:

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

When you click the URL in this text, the computer does the following:

  1. Starts Help and Support Center (%SystemRoot%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\HelpCtr.exe). ...

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