Event Log Entry for Shutdown and Reboots

[John]

Where in the event log do I find entries for the date and time a Windows XP
box reboots or shutsdown?

TIA
John

 

[Gerry]

John

You need to look in the System log.

The start up is fairly obvious as you will see a string of Information
Reports over a period of one / two minutes. At no other time do you see
so many reports over such a short space of time. A Shutdown is not so
obvious but the report below occurs on my system.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: EventLog
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6006
Date: 13/12/2008
Time: 02:01:02
User: N/A
Computer: PC0939
Description:
The Event log service was stopped.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

How to determine the last shutdown date and time in Windows XP/2003/Vista -
The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/h...hutdown-date-and-time-in-windows-xp2003vista/