Understanding Event Viewer???>>>>>>>

geekhelp · 05-29-2006, 05:36 PM

I am trying to use event viewer and I am having trouble understanding all the jargon. I left for the weekend and came home today to find my computer restarted and with the prompt for my bios password up. How can I figure out when this happened? In event viewer what would indicate if the computer has been restarted or if someone was trying to enter a password? Please help me out.

**The_Other_One** · 05-29-2006, 05:42 PM

Do not double post!

Computer Genius · 05-29-2006, 05:51 PM

This tells you how: http://support.microsoft.com/default...8427&sd=tech#2

Markware17 · 05-29-2006, 05:52 PM

Here is a helpful site to understanding what a certain event ID means http://www.eventid.net/. Enter the ID and it gives you an explanation.

05-29-2006, 05:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
geekhelp New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5	Understanding Event Viewer???>>>>>>> I am trying to use event viewer and I am having trouble understanding all the jargon. I left for the weekend and came home today to find my computer restarted and with the prompt for my bios password up. How can I figure out when this happened? In event viewer what would indicate if the computer has been restarted or if someone was trying to enter a password? Please help me out.

05-29-2006, 05:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-29-2006, 05:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Computer Genius Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 167	This tells you how: http://support.microsoft.com/default...8427&sd=tech#2

05-29-2006, 05:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Markware17 Silver Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: I'm not sure exactly, they keep me locked up in some remote data center. Posts: 136	Here is a helpful site to understanding what a certain event ID means http://www.eventid.net/. Enter the ID and it gives you an explanation.