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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Retrieve a List of Unique Users from the Security Event Log?

October 19, 2007 Oct 19, 2007 10/19/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve a list of unique users from the Security event log?-- KM(image) (image) (image) Hey, KM. Before we tackle your question we should probably address a question sent in by another reader: Hey, Scripting Guy! Whatever happened to Monday? Having been gone on vacation all last week, I was ...

How Can I Backup an Event Log to a Text File?

September 7, 2007 Sep 7, 2007 09/7/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I backup an event log to a text file?-- IMBDS(image) (image) (image) Hey, IMBDS. You know, the Scripting Guys have dedicated their lives to helping others. (Well, OK, originally we dedicated our lives to having others help us. But when no one seemed very interested in that we changed our minds.) That ...

How Can I Monitor Event Log Messages for Specific Words?

February 27, 2007 Feb 27, 2007 02/27/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I monitor event log messages for a specific word or phrase?-- GH(image) (image) (image) Hey, GH. You know, now that the 2007 Scripting Games are over (have we mentioned that the 2008 Games are just a year away?) it’s time for the Scripting Guys to rejoin the real world. Before we answer your question, ...

How Can I Retrieve Information About the Latest Event Added to an Event Log?

January 31, 2006 Jan 31, 2006 01/31/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve information about the latest event added to an event log?-- HG(image) (image) (image) Hey, HG. You know, it seems like only yesterday that someone was asking us how they could find the oldest event in an event log. And we remember how we told them that - oh, right: it was only yesterday, wasn...

How Can I Find the Date of the Oldest Event in an Event Log?

January 30, 2006 Jan 30, 2006 01/30/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find the date of the oldest event in an event log?-- JL(image) (image) (image) Hey, JL. You know, you just had to make a reference to “old” in your question, didn’t you? Just today one of the Scripting Guys received a letter from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Although the ...