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(@research1)
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Greetings all,

I need to parse, and analyse a large volume of windows event logs (vista/Win7 only).

Can anyone recommend some software? I'm playing with Windows Log Parser, but I'd like a GUI, I don't have the time to blow the dust of my SQL books.

Thanks in advance.


   
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mgilhespy
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Try this

http//www.eventlogxp.com/

Despite the name, they do claim support for Win7.

Also, I've messed about with this one

http//www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/

BUT - I haven't had an update as to whether they officially support Win7 yet or not. They do support vista and 2k8, so Win7 should work - I have not tested that though.


   
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Chris_Ed
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When you say "parse", do you mean "present in a sensible manner", or do you mean "search for xxxx"?

Because the Vista/Win7 event viewer is actually pretty good at that sort of thing, believe it or not.

(Although I'm sure you've tried it already 😉 )


   
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jaclaz
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Also, you can use something like this
http//www.nirsoft.net/utils/my_event_viewer.html

Also, with MyEventViewer you can easily select multiple event items and then save them to HTML/Text/XML file, or copy them to the clipboard (Ctrl+C) and then paste them into Excel.

and then anlyze the resulting "human readable" output with your own written tools/scripts.

jaclaz


   
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