A Technet blogger has developed an Enhanced Event Viewer for Windows that enhances this function and makes event log browsing faster and much easier.

But Event Viewer isn't the most user-friendly feature in Windows. So how do you decipher the findings in Event Viewer to see if they can help you resolve an actual problem? Read on.

If you see the Event ID 131, Metadata staging failed error in Windows Event Viewer, it means Windows Metadata could not make a connection to WMIS.

Microsoft has fixed CertificateServicesClient issue that was causing error events to appear in the Windows Event Viewer after ...

Type "eventvwr.msc" while viewing the Windows 8 Start screen, and press "Enter" to open the Event Viewer. Click "Windows Logs" from the left pane, and then double-click "System" from the center pane.

The Event viewer logs potential errors like hard drive problems that can keep you from getting a bad deal. Microsoft has a guide on opening the Event Viewer in Windows 7, and Windows 8 users can ...

With the release of Microsoft June 2019 Patch Tuesday updates yesterday, users have noticed that trying to access the Custom Views section of the Windows 10 Event Viewer will cause the program to ...

Microsoft's June 2019 updates have created a bug in the Event Viewer tool in all supported versions of Windows.

Please note that although this event is logged in Event Viewer every time the device is restarted, it does not reflect an issue with any active Windows component.