Re: Event logs

Nope..... Best you can do is to increase the size of the log files, set it
to delete oldest entries when it fills up and periodically save the contents
to a file. You can also look at the entries and try to modify logging to
avoid entering them...

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Regards,
Hank Arnold

"dwc" <dwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:93A9636F-6D95-4C45-B3AA-D5ABB4E1955A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> so once the log has been re-wtirren is the original event kept somewhere
> else? if so where?
>
> "GodBob" wrote:
>
>> depending on your settings they are supposed to be re-written as needed
>> if they have reached the maximum size of your log settings. they don't
>> disappear neither are they stored elsewhere! If you had something in
>> your log and it disappeared then you have a bug!
>>
>> Good luck, I saw that happen once but didn't find the solution. I had
>> to reinstall!
>>
>>
>> dwc wrote:
>> > How far back would I be able to access event logs? Do they just
>> > 'disappear'
>> > from the event log when the maximum size is reached? or are they then
>> > stored
>> > somewhere else?
>>
>>


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