Configuring General Event Viewer Preferences

Perform the following steps to configure Event Viewer preferences:

  1. From the Event Viewer, click Edit  >  Preferences from the pull-down menu. The Preferences dialog box is displayed.
  2. From the Preferences dialog box, click Event Viewer. The Event Viewer dialog box is displayed.
  3. From the Event Viewer dialog box, type a numeric value in the Refresh Time text box to indicate the number of seconds, minutes, or hours in which the event database is queried to update the list of events in the Event Viewer.
  4. Type a numeric value in the Maximum Age of Closed Events to Display text box to indicate the maximum age of closed events to display in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years.
  5. Type a numeric value in the Maximum Number of Events text box to indicate the maximum number of events to display in the Event Viewer.
  6. Click OK to save your changes.

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