Windows 10: thousands of security logs in event viewer

Discus and support thousands of security logs in event viewer in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I went to the Event Viewer to check why my system shut down and won't turn on for a few minutes after the shut down. Then I noticed that under "Windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by mibaup, Mar 22, 2021.

  1. MIBAUP
    mibaup Win User

    thousands of security logs in event viewer


    I went to the Event Viewer to check why my system shut down and won't turn on for a few minutes after the shut down. Then I noticed that under "Windows Logs" >"Security", I have more than 10,000 "Audit Success" logs. more than 10 per second.
    Is this normal?

    EventID are mostly 5379 and 4798.

    The Windows installation is clean, using the 20H2 Media Creation Tools from Microsoft website

    Thanks

    :)
     
    mibaup, Mar 22, 2021
    #1
  2. NIKHAR_K
    Nikhar_K Win User

    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
     
    Nikhar_K, Mar 22, 2021
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  3. JOHNBURNS
    JohnBurns Win User
    Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows  


    FWIW CCleaner will clear the Event Viewer Logs - just check the box under Windows>Advanced>Windows Events Logs. run CCleaner and it's that simple. Much faster than most ,bat files I've tried. Just a suggestion.
     
    JohnBurns, Mar 22, 2021
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  4. JMARKH
    JMarkH Win User

    thousands of security logs in event viewer

    No log file locations in Event Viewer

    I opened Win 10's Event Viewer (first as myself, second as Administrator) and tried to create a Custom View.

    I chose reporting By Log, but when I clicked on the drop-down menu for log locations, none were listed.

    What gives?
     
    JMarkH, Mar 22, 2021
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