Show-EventLog - PowerShell command help and examples

Displays the event logs of the local or a remote computer in Event Viewer. (Show-EventLog)

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 NAME
 
    Show-EventLog 

 SYNOPSIS
 
    Displays the event logs of the local or a remote computer in Event Viewer. 

 SYNTAX
 
    Show-EventLog [[-ComputerName] <string>] [<CommonParameters>] 

 DESCRIPTION
 
    The Show-EventLog cmdlet opens Event Viewer on the local computer and displays in it all of the classic event logs on the local computer or a remote computer. 

    To open Event Viewer on Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, the current user must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer. 

    The cmdlets that contain the EventLog noun (the EventLog cmdlets) work only on classic event logs. To get events from logs that use the Windows Event Log technology in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, use Get-WinEvent. 

 PARAMETERS
 
    -ComputerName <string> 
        Specifies a remote computer. Show-EventLog displays the event logs from the specified computer in Event Viewer on the local computer. The default is the local computer. 

        Type the NetBIOS name, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, or a fully qualified domain name of a remote computer. 

        This parameter does not rely on Windows PowerShell remoting. You can use the ComputerName parameter of Get-EventLog even if your computer is not configured to run remote commands. 

        Required?                    false 
        Position?                    1 
        Default value                . 
        Accept pipeline input?       false 
        Accept wildcard characters?  false 

    <CommonParameters> 
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, 
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, 
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, 
        "get-help about_commonparameters". 

 INPUTS
 
    None 
        You cannot pipe input to this cmdlet. 

 OUTPUTS
 
    None 
        This cmdlet does not generate any output. 

 NOTES
 

        The Windows PowerShell command prompt returns as soon as Event Viewer opens. You can work in the current session while Event Viewer is open. 

        Because this cmdlet requires a user interface, it does not work on Server Core installations of Windows Server. 

 Examples
    
EXAMPLE 1
 

    C:\PS>show-eventlog 

     Description
 
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    This command opens Event Viewer and displays in it the classic event logs on the local computer. 

    
EXAMPLE 2
 

    C:\PS>show-eventlog -computername Server01 

     Description
 
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    This command opens Event Viewer and displays in it the classic event logs on the Server01 computer. 

RELATED LINKS 
    Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135257 
    Clear-EventLog 
    Get-EventLog 
    Limit-EventLog 
    New-EventLog 
    Remove-EventLog 
    Write-EventLog 
    Get-WinEvent 

C:\Windows>powershell get-help New-EventLog -full 

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