Some records about Windows event log

1.log File storage location:

File name ends with. evt

Xp/windows Server 2003:%SystemRoot%\System32\Config

Windows vista/7/server2008 location,%systemroot%\system32\winevt\logs

2. Open Event Log View:eventvwr.msc

3. Microsoft recommends that log files be up to around 300M

4. After the log is full, the automatic backup mechanism: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721981.aspx

5. Log Management tool WevtUtil.exe:

Example: The following example clears all events from the Application log after the event is saved to C:\ADMIN\BACKUPS\AL0306.EVTX.
Wevtutil.exe CL APPLICATION/BU:C:\ADMIN\BACKUPS\AL0306.EVTX