Windows XP Professional & Server 2003 Administration: Part 7

Table of Contents

1. Main Menu
2. Part 7: Manage User Profiles and Authentication
3. 7.1: Managing User Profiles
4. Video: Create and Manage User Profiles
5. 7.2: Securing Authentication in Active Directory
6. 7.2.2: Audit Policy
7. 7.2.3: The Event Viewer
8. Review Questions for Part 7

7.2.3: The Event Viewer

The Event Viewer has four policies applied by default to each log, Application, Security and System

• Maximum Log Size: The maximum value is each log is 4 Gigabytes for each log (default size is 512KB)

• Prevent Local Guests Group from Accessing Log: Controls whether the local guests group can access and view a log

• Retain Log: This is used to specify the number of days the log retains information (Default 7 days)

• Retention Method for Log: Specifies the log behaviour (Overwrites events older than 7 days)