View the security event log - Windows 10 (2024)

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View the security event log - Windows 10? ›

Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the run window. In the run dialog box, type in eventvwr and click OK. In the Event Viewer window, expand the Windows Logs menu. Under the Windows Logs menu, you'll notice different categories of event logs—application, security, setup, system, and forwarded events.

Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the run window. In the run dialog box, type in eventvwr and click OK. In the Event Viewer window, expand the Windows Logs menu. Under the Windows Logs menu, you'll notice different categories of event logs—application, security, setup, system, and forwarded events.

Select your CD/USB and press Enter. When you're presented with the PCUnlocker screen, click the Options button at the bottom left corner and choose "View Security Questions & Answers". The pop-up window will display the security questions and answers you've previously created for all your local accounts in Windows 10.

Despite Windows 10 not including a setting to disable the feature, if you use a local account (without a Microsoft account), and you prefer not to use the security questions, you can turn off this functionality using the Local Group Policy Editor or Registry.

Using the Event Viewer

In Windows, the event logs are stored in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\ folder. They are created for each system access, operating system blip, security modification, hardware malfunction and driver issue.

Security logs contain events related to security, such as login attempts, object access, and file deletion. Administrators determine which events to log, in accordance with their audit policy.

Security Question & Answer means an answer used to verify the identity of a User when the User resets the User's Compliant Password. Sample 1.

If you forgot both your security question answers, there are two things you can do. If you have a computer that you have chosen to “Remember computer” on, you can log in on that computer and reset your security questions.

You can change your security questions at any time. In Windows 10, open Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options and click the Update your security questions link. Enter the password for your local account, choose your security questions, type the answers, and click Finish.

What is the full event ID of Windows security logs? ›

Whenever the Windows Security audit log becomes full, event ID 1104 is logged. If the upper limit of the Security Event Log file size is reached, and overwriting is not allowed (i.e., only manual clearance of logs is allowed), then event 1104 is triggered.

Doing some more research on cleaning up space on my C drive, and one article suggested that I clear out my event logs-is this ok to do? Yes, but it won't free much space. You'd be better off running something like Treesize and finding out what is taking up the space.

Step 1: Press Win + R to open the Run window. Step 2: Type services. msc into the text box and hit Enter to open the Services window. Step 3: Scroll down to find and right-click on the Windows Event Log service, then choose Restart from the context menu.

At the desktop, press the Windows key and type "sign." Select Sign-in options from the menu. Under the Password section, click Update security questions below the Change button and follow the instructions.

They are stored as “LSA secrets” – same as passwords – in the registry.

Disable Local Account Security Questions in Group Policy

In the left part of the gpedit window, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Credential User Interface​. On the right, double click the Prevent the use of security questions for local accounts policy to edit it.

Open Event Viewer. In the console tree, expand Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender.