Event Viewer
I covered Event Viewer in the main text, so why bring it up again? Well, Windows 7 adds an easy-to-use interface to Event Viewer (while retaining the old Windows XP style if you prefer it). Opening Event Viewer (System and Security | Administrative Tools | Event Viewer) shows you a very different interface than the one you’ve seen in Windows XP (Figure 7-6).
Note the four main bars: Overview, Summary of Administrative Events, Recently Viewed Nodes, and Log Summary. Pay special attention to the Summary of Administrative Events. It breaks down the events into different levels: Critical, Error, Warning, Information, Audit Success, and Audit Failure. Figure 7-7 shows a typical Summary with the Warning Events opened. You can then click ...
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