[logs] Some remarks regarding Vista's event logging

[Frank Heyne]

> You can't look at a Vista event log on  an XP.

This is not entirely true:
1. You can look at the Application, System and Security log of a Vista
machine from NT 5 very well, (and much better as the Event Viewer does, by
the way).
2. You could look at the other logs mentioned in the article as well, if
the Registry values would not be as buggy as they are.
3. You could look at all Vista logs from NT 5 if the OpenEventlog function
would work as documented (that is, would open all event files under Vista)

As I wrote at the end of the article,  the logs mentioned do not work at
all, because Vista does not write any events into them. So it does not
matter from where you want to open them.


> Service pack has nothing to do with this issue..

I would not wonder when the errors in the Registry would go away with SP1
of Vista ;-)


> I can't look at my Vista group policy settings on my 2k3 box, I have to
> manage Vista group policies from a Vista workstation as well.

I could imagine Microsoft will provide the ADM files soon.
Currently there is no server version of NT 6 available, so they will care
to provide a comfortable way for such customers who want to use Vista
already, won't they?
Is it too much of a wish when the admin wants to be able to administer a
domain from one machine?

Microsoft already was forced to provide Winhlp32 for Vista, sure the will
provide Vista ADM files for W2K3 and remove some bugs as well ;-)

> Frank Heyne wrote:
> > May be this is new for you, may not:
> > http://www.heysoft.de/Frames/Vista_Remarks1_en.htm

Have fun
Frank Heyne
http://www.heysoft.de/