Windows 10: Event Viewer Documentation

I am searching for supporting documentation for Windows Event Viewer. However, it appears there is actually very little information available. I have found the Event Viewer documentation from MS. However, this does not provide enough information to be useful in troubleshooting. As an example;In the Filter menu the Task Category is greyed out. This appears to limit the ability to search for Hang or Freezes. Another feature is to apply a Task to the Event.I know there is Sysinternal, however, most of the people requring assistance will not have this installed. However Years ago MS use to publish

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Event viewer

I suggest you re-install the video driver. I'll add a few words of explanation about Event viewer in a moment. They won't affect the need to reinstall that driver as your first step. Denis

 

Error in Event Viewer

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



As you have mentioned, you have performed a repair installation on the computer and you see Event 508, 510 and 533 in Event Viewer.



I would like to inform that if you see any critical error in Event Viewer, please share the event logs with us to help you with the appropriate troubleshooting steps. Please follow the steps mentioned below to share the event logs:

1. Press Windows + X from the keyboard, select
   Event Viewer.
   
2. Expand Windows Logs from the left pane and select
   Applications.
   
3. Click Filter Current Log from extreme right pane. Then in the new windows check the box beside
   Error and click OK.
   
4. Now, look for a critical Error in the list and note down the message/information from the
   General Tab in the lower section.
   

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

EVENT VIEWER ERRORS

Hi,

There are instances that Event Viewer errors can be harmless due to the reason that it's only being listed on your Event Viewer logs for documentation purposes during the upgrade process. For us to properly assist you in figuring out if you're in the same
situation, we'd like to clarify the following details:

• 
  Are you encountering any performance related issues?
  
• 
  Are there any applications or programs that do not work as expected? If so, which are those?
  
• 
  Can you send us a screenshot of the errors you're seeing?
  

Your reply is greatly appreciated.