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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: gazawee on November 22, 2011, 10:12:33 AM

Title: Forced shut down event log
Post by: gazawee on November 22, 2011, 10:12:33 AM

Can anyone tell me if in the event logs or anywhere else this sort of activity is made known, it is possible to distinguish between forced shut downs and system failures? So for example...will the events logs reveal anything different for forced shut downs during start up to those where say the power cord was pulled or if the system cut out because it say began to violently overheat?

I am guessing the events logs will show the same thing...and I'm talking about a cheap Sony Viao here running Vista

Title: Re: Forced shut down event log
Post by: jason2074 on November 25, 2011, 12:36:48 AM

The event log will yield the correct error code (Ex. Event 41.) and Microsoft has documented the most probable cause of certain forced shutdown such as this (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028504)