Configuring Severity Color Event Viewer Preferences
Perform the following steps to configure severity colors and highlight options
for your Event Viewer:
- From the Event Viewer, click
Edit > Preferences from the pull-down menu.
The Preferences dialog box is displayed.
- From the Preferences dialog box, expand Event Viewer and then click
Severity Colors. The Severity Colors dialog box is displayed.
- Toggle flyover highlighting on or off by selecting or
deselecting the
Flyover Highlighting check box.
- For column highlighting, select one of the following
options by clicking its radio button:
- Highlight All Columns
- Highlight No Columns
- Highlight Severity Column Only
- To customize the color of a severity level, click on its color swatch
and select a custom color from the color palette dialog box.
Preview colors and sample text
are shown in the bottom pane of the color palette dialog box.
When you are satisfied with the color, click OK
in the color palette dialog box. Repeat as necessary for each severity
color to customize.
- To restore severity colors to the default settings, press the
Restore Defaults button in the Preferences dialog box.
- Click OK to save
your preferences and close the Preferences dialog box.
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