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Clear Administrative Events in Event Viewer. Windows 7

Anonymous
2018-08-27T15:59:46+00:00

Surely there must be someone at Microsoft that knows how to use a computer? Or at least has an idea of what a computer is?

I would like to clear administrative events in event viewer. So far all I have seen is condescending answers or complete garbage answers to people asking this very simple and important question.

I understand that most people that work at Microsoft or give answers on this forum have people that do the boring stuff like maintain the operating system.

For those of us without servants – The reason we want to clear the administrative events in event viewer is so we can see what is happening and where a problem might lie rather than wading through 12000 events since the system was installed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-27T20:10:47+00:00

    Thanks Lem P

    I started wading through your list. I obviously use a sensible operating system  = Windows XP for my workstations Where one has actual control and I can delete all events in one go for clarity. I have been trying to find anyone on the web who can find a way to do this simply in Windows 7. I eventual found a way on another site.

    Hi Frederik Long   you make a good point. However in the section that I actual responded to “How to Clear Administrative Events in windows 7 all I read was ridiculous answers when people had asked sensible questions.

    Such as

    “I'm not sure why you are moping around event viewer and what you are trying to achieve by clearing Administrative Events. They are just alerts/messages which will do nothing by just clearing without addressing real problems reflected via Administrative event alerts.”

    Or people talking about antivirus software.

    It perhaps would be nice if people were graded regarding their computer expertise. It is really quite sad that the one place one is not going to find a correct sensible answer is actually on “Answers Microsoft.Com”

    All the best

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-27T16:43:43+00:00

    Surely there must be someone at Microsoft that knows how to use a computer? Or at least has an idea of what a computer is?

    I would like to clear administrative events in event viewer. So far all I have seen is condescending answers or complete garbage answers to people asking this very simple and important question.

    I understand that most people that work at Microsoft or give answers on this forum have people that do the boring stuff like maintain the operating system.

    Right-click the log you wish to clear, then left-click the desired option:

    Note also that most of the answers in this forum come from volunteers belonging to the general Windows community, not from MS employees. If you feel that the answers you get are not relevant to your question then a polite reply such as "Sorry, this is not what I need to know" would work miracles. As we all know, honey works much better than vinegar.

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  3. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-08-27T17:07:49+00:00

    Please see the response from Frederik Long.

    Note, though, that "administrative events" is a filtered set of entries from all of the other logs and as such, there is no "clear log" option.  Instead, you have to clear all of the actual logs that are used as the source for "administrative events."

    As near as I can determine, these are:

    Application

    Security

    System

    HardwareEvents

    Internet Explorer

    Key Management Service

    Media Center

    Microsoft-Windows-Application Server-Applications/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-DSC/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-Dhcp-Client/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-DhcpNap/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-Dhcpv6-Client/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-Diagnosis-Scripted/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-MUI/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-PrintService/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-RemoteApp and Desktop Connections/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-RemoteAssistance/Admin

    microsoft-windows-RemoteDesktopServices-RemoteDesktopSessionManager/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-ClientUSBDevices/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-PnPDevices/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-Virtual PC/Admin

    Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup/ActionCenter

    OAlerts                                                                           (Microsoft Office Alerts)

    Windows PowerShell

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