Auto-detect unexpected shutdown?

[Chris Shearer Cooper]

If I want my application to be able to tell if the system has had an
unexpected shutdown anytime recently, under Windows NT I can check for event
6008 in the event log.

Does Windows XP use this same event number?

Is there any way under Windows 98 to detect an unexpected shutdown?

Thanks!
Chris

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Windows XP Professional Events and Errors Search Results
for "6008"
http://tinyurl.com/4n7g4

 

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello,

["Followup-To:" microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel set.]

If I want my application to be able to tell if the system has had an
unexpected shutdown anytime recently, under Windows NT I can check for
event 6008 in the event log.

But you know that this is not true for every version of NT4? It was
introduced in some SP, I believe it was SP4.

So, this is not "fail-safe" even on NT4.

Regards,
Spiro.