Event Log Viewer

What is the Event Log?

Windows constantly logs interesting things that happen — services starting, apps crashing, drivers loading, logins succeeding, errors from the kernel. It's an invaluable record, but the built-in Event Viewer is notoriously intimidating: dozens of log categories, cryptic event IDs, and walls of raw XML. TuneBit's Event Log Viewer takes the same data and shows you just the interesting stuff.

Features

• Curated level filter. Show only Critical and Error events by default — the ones that actually indicate trouble.
• Time range. Last hour, last day, last week, last month, or everything.
• Combined view. Application, System, and Security logs all in one list.
• Inline details. Click any entry to read the full event message in the panel below — no drilling into properties.
• Export. Save the filtered list to a file to share with support.

How to use it

1. Go to Diagnose → Event Log.
2. Pick a filter level. Errors and Critical is almost always the right starting point.
3. Pick a time range. Last 24 hours is useful when you've just noticed a problem.
4. Scroll the list. Each row shows time, level, source (which Windows component logged it), event ID, and a short description.
5. Click a row to see the full message in the details panel.
6. Use Export to save what you're looking at to a text file.

Common event sources to pay attention to

• Disk — hardware errors on a drive. Often a sign of a failing hard disk or bad cable.
• Kernel-Power — unexpected shutdowns. Event ID 41 typically means the PC lost power or froze.
• Service Control Manager — services that failed to start.
• Application Error — a program crashed. Paired with the program name and a faulting module.
• DistributedCOM — usually harmless permission warnings; typically safe to ignore.