Re: Reviewing Vista/2k3 log files from the same platform

 
> So I was looking at a 2k3 log file.. and I did it on my test Vista 
> laptop... and I know and understand that Vista has new event 
> IDs... so 
> I'm cool with that.. what I didn't realize is that apparently I can't 
> use the Vista MS Event viewer to open up 2k3/XP log files and review 
> what's going on... that even such events as 529 have lost information.
> 
> 1.  Is my conclusion correct?
> 2.  What are the gurus of log viewing doing to be able to 
> read logs from 
> xp,2k3,Vista and ultimately Longhorn without firing up each platform?

Oh NO. I'm not surprised you're more up on changes in Vista than I am,
Susan. For years one of my *favorite* parts of Microsoft logging is that
event IDs *have* remained consistent across versions of the operating
systems...

***tears hair out***

Eric Fitzgerald, where are you? What's the plan for heterogeneous Windows
environments?

tbird