If your company is lax about archival backups, consider my inspiration for writing this week's column: I recently assisted with a case that's been going on for two years. The case involves an ...

Application log files, while technical in nature, require a bit of creative interpretation to navigate successfully. They are never as clear as you want them to be. A ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.

Like all modern OSes, Windows systems perform behind-the-scenes logging of events that occur within the desktop. These log entries may be tied to system processes, errors, security events or other ...