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Windows NT Event Logging (O'Reilly Nutshell) (CD-ROM)

~ James Murray (Author)

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Event logging is a facility used by computer systems to record the occurrence of significant events. An "event" is any change that occurs in a system -- for example, a user logon, an addition to a file, a change to a user's privileges, or an application program error. This book describes Windows NT event logging for three main audiences:

For system administrators, using event logging as a tool for analyzing performance and troubleshooting system problems; includes the details of the system's Event Viewer.
For Win 32 programmers, using the event logging API from C, Visual Basic 5, Perl 5 for Win32, Visual J++, C++/MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes). Also describes how to localize the contents of the system's message files to create event log records in non-English languages.
For security administrators, using event logging to specify and audit security-related events. Specifies the NT security auditing events and summarizes the specific security auditing requirements imposed on C2-level secure systems.

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James Murray is an Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar, Great Western Hospital, Swindon and Bath Royal United Hospital, UK.

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CD-ROM: 316 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media (September 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1565925149
ISBN-13: 978-1565925144
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,100,475 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Inside Server-Based Applications (Mps General) by Douglas J. Reilly in Back Matter
CIW Security Professional Certification Bible by Mandy Andress on page 495

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4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, good Event Log Tutorial, December 2, 1998

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Overall, this book is a good tutorial on NT's Event Logging feature; but needs a little more system troubleshooting advice for NT administrators. O'Reilly is a name I've come to respect for good technical information; and this book is no different.

The author is technically accurate, which is many times lacking in a lot of computer books; he gives real-life examples, adds some humor with an edge (although it could use even more), and writing style and organization are above average. Good step-by-step instructions, good screen shots, excellent bibliography and source citations.

However, enough troubleshooting material that could be helpful to an NT troubleshooter was missing to prevent a 5 star rating. This book has a serious edge toward developers (about half the book) and there is not enough detail for NT system administrators that are looking to it for troubleshooting advice.

The author, Murray, starts out by saying that the Event Log is used mostly as a troubleshooting tool by NT administrators trying to fix problems, but then the book lacks advice and detail to make our lives a little easier. Don't get me wrong, it was a good book; but I think it slightly misses its core audience.

For example, I don' think the well known advice of "The earliest error in the log is usually the best indication of the problem" is even mentioned, much less, more advanced troubleshooting advice. Security auditing is covered well, but the system log is neglected.

I guess I was hoping that the book would provide me with more real-life examples of what to expect in a system log; and some examples of common error messages and what their causes were. I was hoping for a database of system events with their cryptic messages defined into english. The book contains some, just not enough.

Another feature I found disappointing was that the author mentions (and includes on CD-ROM) several great event log utilities (non-programming), but then aren't used in the book text. I think a little more value could have been added by including a chapter or two using the utilities to make me a better system administrator.

I'm glad I read the book and I'm a better NT administrator and troubleshooter because of it.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Event Logging for Developers, not administrators, May 14, 2000

By	"syniq" (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

I am a consultant, of sorts--I build networks, repair networks, etc. And I thought this book would give me a more thorough understanding of Windows NT's Event Logging service. Boy was I wrong.

If you are a programmer/developer for WinNT, I'm sure this book will be a great help to you. More than 2/3 of it is taken up by ways to use the event logging API. It documents the calls and parameters involved in them, and occasionally preaches about what a "good" application should do with event logging.

If you are an administrator (that doesn't write C++ code every day), however, stay away. This, like all O'Reilly books, is well written but, like many ORA books, is inappropriately titled. The information here that is useful to administrators can also be found in the Windows help files.

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3.0 out of 5 stars MSDN re-hash, November 20, 2001

By	John Birch (Suffolk, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This book is primarily a re-hash of the MSDN documentation on event logging as included in the platform SDK. It is useful in that it constitutes a printed version of that material, but it offers very little really new information. Some of the sidebars add interesting tidbits though. From a development perspective this book offers some valuable information and source code examples, however be warned - once you get to the deep end you are left to your own devices.
The book gives reasonably clear guidelines as to how to read event log records but very sketchy details on how to decode them. In short this book does **not** continue where the MSDN leaves off, which is a shame since the general style of the book is very accessible. The chapter on auditing and security could well have been omitted - it sits uneasily with the rest of the book's contents.
The source code CD that is included provides a number of trivial example programs and copies of commercial event log related programs that appear to all be available on the 'net, but the example programs are so trivial as to be useful only for cut and pasting of event log API calls.

I rate this book three stars because it is accessible and comprehensive. It does not merit a higher rating as it is not comprehensive enough for developers and does not appear to be sufficiently oriented towards the requirements of an administrator.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Looking at event logs
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