Clean event log

[Pear]

Is it possible to use ccleaner to clear secEvent.evt and the other .evt files?

[Andavari]

As of yet that isn't a CCleaner feature.

[hazelnut]

It is quite easy to do so yourself. But you must bear in mind that event logs are really useful when you are troubleshooting.

 

Are you using xp or vista?

[marmite]

It is quite easy to do so yourself. But you must bear in mind that event logs are really useful when you are troubleshooting.

Wot hazelnut says!

 

If you're just looking to keep the size of these down, then possibly the easiest way is to configure them to look after themselves. If you right click on a log in Event Viewer you can configure the log size; so for example you could specify an absolute log size or you could just overwrite events older then a specified number of days. A couple of weeks is probably reasonable on a smoothly running system.

 

Additionally, depending on your OS, if you really want to you can tailor some of the events that are logged. For example in XP Pro you can use Group Policy to modify what Security events are written. If you set this up to be verbose you can get zillions of entries. But the sec logs can be quite useful; so rather than turn them off completely it's better to leave their logging to the recommended default settings as a minimum and then to just restrict by size or age.

 

For troubleshooting potential alone it's probably better not to empty any of the logs completely.

[Andavari]

For troubleshooting potential alone it's probably better not to empty any of the logs completely.

Exactly! Software can have background errors, and there can even be Windows operating system issues which are completely invisible to the user. The only way to find such invisible issues are via the event logs.