Microsoft Event Log Codes

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For Event Viewer reports relating to Windows XP and earlier this web site is as helpful as any:
http://www.eventid.net/

For Vista and Windows 7 Google is the best source of information. Looking for text selected from the Description part of the Report (phrases not individuals words) as 'this exact word or phrase' gets the best results. Concentrate on reports from Social Technet and Microsoft Answers within the last 12 months. Look elsewhere if an answer is proving difficult to find.

Here are some notes about Event Viewer Reports which may help. When you have a lot of errors you need to concentrate on system errors and warnings, even if it is applications that are giving you grief. Sorting system problems first can make resolving application problems easier. Note the time the computer is last booted and deal with those at the beginning of the boot first. Correcting the earlier errors can resolve later ones.

1. Normally when an error occurs on your computer looking in Event Viewer should be your starting point for finding a solution. Most system related errors are logged and getting an exact copy of the relevant report is important. Unfortunately understanding the reports is not easy and most computer users need help with their interpretation. I have more to say later on interpretation.

2. Event Viewer comprises four main Windows logs. These are Application, Security and System with Applications and Service logs as a more detail source. For troubleshooting purposes System is by far the most important.

3. To access the System log select Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, from the list in the left side of the window select Windows Logs and System. Place the cursor on System, right click and select Filter Current Log. Check the box before Error and click on OK and you see only Error reports. Click on the Date and Time Column Header to sort. You may need to click a second time to see the latest Report at the top.

4. A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. Click on the Copy button on the General tab to place a copy on your Clipboard and close Event Viewer. Now start your message and paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.

5. There are three types of Report, being Information, Warning and Error reports. In most situations it is Error Reports that offer the best information but occasionally Warning Reports provide useful clues.

6. All reports have date and time stamps and when troubleshooting it is important to concentrate on more recent reports. Study reports since the point when the computer was last booted and then check whether a similar report appeared in the previous session. If errors do not repeat investigation as to why they occurred is wasted effort.

7. Within individual reports the more important information is Event ID and Source as these help when looking for help on the internet. The description is equally important and copying the exact text for use as the search criteria greatly helps getting better results when using Google. Do not paraphrase descriptions when asking others for help.

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Is there any ranges of valid event IDs which should be used by custom applications while logging to Windows EventLog? Or I can use any event ID of my choice (1,2,3,4..).P.S, I am developing in C#.NET.

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EventIds are application specific so you can use whatever ranges you like. Just ensure you document what you have used and where so that you can ensure you don't use an id twice, or to facilitate easier debugging.

But keep in mind..

Like when Henry Ford said 'you can have any color you want as long as it's black' - you can also use whatever range you like as long as that range falls inside the range of 0 and 65535.

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Sure enough, it is up to the author to define and track event IDs they use and what they mean.

Here is a reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e29k5ebc.aspx - Particularly interesting is the part about not writing messages with IPv6 addresses (because of the % character) to the event log. I bet you can use a parameter to work around that though.

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The hi bits of the ID are reserved for testing, debug and other flags used for development. The usable bits are:

0x0000 - 0xffff

See: Event Message Structure

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The upper bits should be avoided but all values for the bottom bits are available if you create a custom source. If you use a system or pre-existing source you will collide and likely get the wrong message. Messages are taken from the registered sources message DLL file. A custom message file can be built using the message file compiler from the SDK.

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Gta 4 pc download full game free. Edit1: I tested that and it is not true that eventID is 32bits. It is only 16 bits.

eventId is Int32, from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647

EventLog.WriteEntry Method (String, String, EventLogEntryType, Int32)

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Technically you can use any values between 1 - 65536 for that.

Microsoft Event Log Codes

But if you are someone who writes tons of verbose log like me you will find it difficult to relate a bunch of entries together then I would suggest to generate a random unique value every time the code executes with this you can identify the events, even the much better idea would be to create your own log & source to use this instead of writing everything in the Application log.like

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