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okay, i just wanted it to make it easier to read and search through; so just export to .csv file?
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okay, i just wanted it to make it easier to read and search through; so just export to .csv file?

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One thing on the event viewer is it only keeps the logs so long it seems, how can I adjust this. &nbsp;One server looks like only for part of 1 day for the security log
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One thing on the event viewer is it only keeps the logs so long it seems, how can I adjust this.  One server looks like only for part of 1 day for the security log

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You can use Microsoft Log Parser for this.<br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24659" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24659</a><br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd919274.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd919274.aspx</a>
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You can use Microsoft Log Parser for this.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24659 [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24659]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd919274.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd919274.aspx]

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Hi, does anyone know a free log tool that can get servers eventlogs that are existing and new and put them in a readable format?<br />
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Thanks
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Hi, does anyone know a free log tool that can get servers eventlogs that are existing and new and put them in a readable format?

Thanks

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