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Resolved: Who restarted my Windows server? #answer #fix #solution

Who restarted my Windows server?

Is it possible on Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 machines to see which user rebooted the server?

I have found the shutdown event in the System event log, but it does not show which user initiated the reboot.

Answer [by Lucas Kauffman]: Who restarted my Windows server?

There should be a log at:

%windir%\system32\LogFiles\Shutdown

(which should be C:\WINDOWS\syste…

How to: Who restarted my Windows server? #fix #programming #development

Who restarted my Windows server?

Is it possible on Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 machines to see which user rebooted the server?

I have found the shutdown event in the System event log, but it does not show which user initiated the reboot.

Answer [by Lucas Kauffman]: Who restarted my Windows server?

There should be a log at:

%windir%\system32\LogFiles\Shutdown

(which should be C:\WINDOWS\syste…

How to: Where/how does Windows store the data in the event logs? #computers #answer #solution

Where/how does Windows store the data in the event logs?

We run some financial systems that log error messages to the system logs. I need to find out if we can clean these error messages from a PCI DSS point of view.

I am specificaly interested in the answer for:

Windows 2000 Server and

Windows 2003 SP1

Answer [by Keith]: Where/how does Windows store the data in the event logs?

With Windows…

How-to: Where/how does Windows store the data in the event logs? #dev #solution #it

Where/how does Windows store the data in the event logs?

We run some financial systems that log error messages to the system logs. I need to find out if we can clean these error messages from a PCI DSS point of view.

I am specificaly interested in the answer for:

Windows 2000 Server and

Windows 2003 SP1

Answer [by Keith]: Where/how does Windows store the data in the event logs?

With Windows…