Add another view of an event log

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To add another view of an event log

Open Event Viewer.
In the console tree, click the log of which you want to add another view.
On the Action menu, click New Log View. A copy of the log appears in the console tree with a default name. For example, if you selected the Application log, the default name of the copy would be Application (2).
If you want to change the name of the new log view, on the Action menu, click Rename.
Type the name as you want it to appear in the console tree, and then press ENTER.

Notes

Performing this task does not require you to have administrative credentials. Therefore, as a security best practice, consider performing this task as a user without administrative credentials.. However, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the target computer to open the Security log, or any log when targeting a remote computer.
To open Event Viewer, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Event Viewer.
By creating a new log view, you can customize how Event Viewer displays the information of an existing log and then apply a new name to the new log view, while keeping the defaults or the options you set for the original log intact. Log views added to the console tree can be managed and customized in the same way as the default logs.

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