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Any other inappropriate content or behavior as defined by the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct. Any image, link, or discussion related to child pornography, child nudity, or other child abuse or exploitation. Event viewer logs are normal log files and of no threat. They will be re-created as needed. If you purchased this computer and it was not new you should have formatted the drive and re-installed windows as you have no idea what was added or removed, no idea if it is infected with malware, etc.

Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 3 people found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Format-Table uses the AutoSize parameter to format the columns. The Count column contains the total number of each event.

Get-WinEvent can get event information from saved log files. This sample uses an archived PowerShell log that is stored on the local computer. The Path parameter specifies the directory and file name. These commands get a specific number of events from an archived event log.

Get-WinEvent has parameters that can get a maximum number of events or the oldest events. The Path parameter specifies the directory and filename. The MaxEvents parameter specifies that records are displayed, from newest to oldest. The events are stored in the order of oldest to newest. An archived ETW file is saved as an. The events are listed in the order in which they are written to the log, so the Oldest parameter is required.

The Get-WinEvent cmdlet gets log information from the archived file. The Oldest parameter is used to output events in the order they are written, oldest to newest.

The objects are sent down the pipeline to the Sort-Object cmdlet Sort-Object sorts the objects in descending order by the value of the TimeCreated property.

The objects are sent down the pipeline to the Select-Object cmdlet that displays the newest events. This example shows how to get the events from an event trace log file.

You can combine multiple file types in a single command. Because the files contain the same type of. The command requires the Oldest parameter because it is reading from an. The Get-WinEvent cmdlet gets log information from the archived files. The Path parameter uses a comma-separated list to specify each files directory and file name. Where-Object uses a script block to find events with an Id of This example shows a variety of methods to filter and select events from an event log.

All of these commands get events that occurred in the last hours from the Windows PowerShell event log. The filter methods are more efficient than using the Where-Object cmdlet. Filters are applied as the objects are retrieved.

Where-Object retrieves all of the objects, then applies filters to all of the objects. This example uses the FilterHashtable parameter to get events from the Application log. The Get-Date cmdlet uses the AddDays method to get a date that is two days before the current date. The Get-WinEvent cmdlet gets log information. The FilterHashtable parameter is used to filter the output.

The LogName key specifies the value as the Application log. The Id key uses an Event Id value, This example uses the FilterHashtable parameter to find Internet Explorer application errors that occurred within the last week. The Get-Date cmdlet uses the AddDays method to get a date that is seven days before the current date.

The Data key uses the value iexplore. Like Example 16 above, this example uses the FilterHashtable parameter to get events from the Application log. However, we add the SuppressHashFilter key to filter out Information level events. In this example, Get-WinEvent gets all events from the Application log for the last two days except those that have a Level of 4 Information.

Specifies the name of the computer that this cmdlet gets events from the event logs. The default value is the local computer, localhost. This parameter accepts only one computer name at a time. To get event logs from remote computers, configure the firewall port for the event log service to allow remote access. This cmdlet does not rely on PowerShell remoting. You can use the ComputerName parameter even if your computer is not configured to run remote commands.

Specifies a user account that has permission to perform this action. The default value is the current user. If you type a user name, you are prompted for a password. If you type only the parameter name, you are prompted for both a username and a password.

Specifies a query in hash table format to select events from one or more event logs. You may also create a Suppress element using the FilterHashtable parameter. Gets debug and analytic logs, in addition to other event logs. The Force parameter is required to get a debug or analytic log when the value of the name parameter includes wildcard characters. By default, the Get-WinEvent cmdlet excludes these logs unless you specify the full name of a debug or analytic log.

Specifies the event logs. Enter the event log names in a comma-separated list. It is only kb here. You should leave it alone. The security. Other principal event viewer logs files like system and application are a similar size. You should not delete these files. You may make them smaller if you want to but doing so makes very little difference if you are looking for ways to increase free disk space. Read paragraphs 2. The figures in your image look enormous by they are expressed in bytes.

You divide the figure by 1, to get kilobytes.