Another Event Viewer bug...?

Or an unusual kind of feature [Vista HP]

Try this: view the System log and Filter it - first select All Sources, then
untick "volmgr" and "disk" - I get "One or more logs in the query have
errors [eh? It's perfectly happy with the logs as long as they aren't
filtered] Log: system Error: The specified query is invalid"...

Looks like there is an undocumented limit to how many Event Sources can be
specified in a query - so you can't (easily) look at the System log by
excluding e.g. a single source that is diluting everything else of
interest...

Thoughts?
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Julian I-Do-Stuff

Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com

Julian I-Do-Stuff; I'd find better "stuff" to do!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Julian" wrote:

> Or an unusual kind of feature [Vista HP]
>
> Try this: view the System log and Filter it - first select All Sources, then
> untick "volmgr" and "disk" - I get "One or more logs in the query have
> errors [eh? It's perfectly happy with the logs as long as they aren't
> filtered] Log: system Error: The specified query is invalid"...
>
> Looks like there is an undocumented limit to how many Event Sources can be
> specified in a query - so you can't (easily) look at the System log by
> excluding e.g. a single source that is diluting everything else of
> interest...
>
> Thoughts?
> --
> Julian I-Do-Stuff
>
> Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com
>
>

It wasn't an entirely idle observation Mick, I was looking for a other
events buried in hundreds of "disk errors" due to a USB drive...

I just want to suppress one event type...

"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
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> Julian I-Do-Stuff; I'd find better "stuff" to do!
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Julian" wrote:
>
>> Or an unusual kind of feature [Vista HP]
>>
>> Try this: view the System log and Filter it - first select All Sources,
>> then
>> untick "volmgr" and "disk" - I get "One or more logs in the query have
>> errors [eh? It's perfectly happy with the logs as long as they aren't
>> filtered] Log: system Error: The specified query is invalid"...
>>
>> Looks like there is an undocumented limit to how many Event Sources can
>> be
>> specified in a query - so you can't (easily) look at the System log by
>> excluding e.g. a single source that is diluting everything else of
>> interest...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> --
>> Julian I-Do-Stuff
>>
>> Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com
>>
>>

--
Julian I-Do-Stuff

Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com