Summary
This article explains how to save events from the Windows Event Log to a file. This can be helpful
when the events need to be reviewed by someone else - on a different computer.
More Information
To save events from the Windows Event Log
- Open Control Panel.
- Double-click on Administrative Tools.
- Double-click on Event Viewer.
- From the list of folders on the left side of the viewer, expand Windows Logs.
- Right-click on the log that contains the events you want to save.
- From the context menu, click Save All Events As...
- Select a folder/file where you want the events saved and click Save.
- Repeat steps 5-7 for each additional log you want to save.
- Close the Event Viewer.