Windows Update uses Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to generate diagnostic logs in Windows 11/10, and save them in the .etl file format. The reason why this has been done is that it reduces disk space ...

Windows upgrades used to be something you only had to worry about every few years. But in the Windows 10 era, each twice-yearly feature update is essentially a full upgrade. When an upgrade or feature ...

When Microsoft rolls an update for Windows 11/10, the upgrade process creates tons of log files in every step. These log files are useful for analysis if there is any Upgrade problem. While it may not ...

Event 4688 documents each program a computer executes, its identifying data, and the process that started it. Several event 4688s occur on your system when you log into a system. For example, Session ...

Take advantage of the Windows Event Log to store the log data of your .NET Core applications running on Windows The Windows operating system logs data into the Windows Event Log whenever a problem ...

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