How to Set the Windows Event Log Size

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows

What is the Windows Event Viewer

The Windows Event Viewer is an integrated utility in the Windows operating system that allows the ability to view and manage system and application logs. These logs are used to troubleshoot issues with the computer.

Description of the Issue

The Windows event log can reach its configured maximum size which would cause the oldest event log entries to be deleted or overwritten (for example, Dell Trusted Device event long entries such as Indicator of Attack logs).

Steps to Set the Windows Event log size:

1. Start the Event Viewer

• Ways to start the Event Viewer

There are several ways to start the Windows Event Viewer. Below are a couple of examples.

• In an elevated cmd window, use the command eventvwr.msc.
• In the Windows desktop, click on the Windows Key, they type Event Viewer in the search box.

Figure 1: (English Only) Windows Event Viewer

2. Select the log to re-size.

3. Go to Event Viewer (Local) > Applications and Services Logs > Dell.

Figure 2: (English Only) Dell Applications and Services logs

4. Right Click on the log (for example, Dell), then select Properties.

Figure 3: (English Only) Select Properties

5. Set the maximum size of the log file.

Figure 4: (English Only) Maximum Log File(KB) is set to 1028KB

6. Select the Maximum Log Size value, and type in the desired new value, in KB.

Figure 5: (English Only) Maximum Log File(KB) is set to 2048KB

7. Select OK.