In the course of my time as the undisputed overlord of all things technology related it has frequently fallen to me to delve into the Windows Event Logs in search of proof that a mischievous user has deleted their own files or to wrest from them a reason for the demise of a database. Each time I gird myself to wade through the logs I cringe for a moment at the lack of functionality inherent in the basic Event Log Viewer until I remember that I no longer use that malformed and crippled child of Redmond for my log perusal. I have moved on to better things, specifically the Event Log Explorer from FSPRO Labs.

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