Vista Remote Event Log viewer

Hi,
How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can view
remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista..... The Vista
machine all have their remote registry service running already. But when I
connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it always complain that rpc
server is not available......

Please help.

Marshall

Try disabling the Firewall on Vista and see if this works. If it works ,
re-enable the firewall and work from there.

Alternatively, you can setup Event Forwarding on Vista.

--
Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage
"mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:796FBBA1-C9E7-48E4-9B75-F8C661593AD7@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can
> view remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista..... The
> Vista machine all have their remote registry service running already. But
> when I connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it always complain
> that rpc server is not available......
>
> Please help.
>
> Marshall

Something strange is going on. On my domain server (Server 2003), I can
access the event logs on Vista PCs. But when I am at my station running
Vista, I cannot access the logs on other Vista PCs.... Doesn't sound quite
like a firewall issue as it should have blocked the 2003 server as well....
"Jabez Gan [MVP]" <mingteikg@blizNOSPAMhosting.com> wrote in message
news867D26A-CF73-4E21-876E-A1CEFBFDE198@microsoft.com...
> Try disabling the Firewall on Vista and see if this works. If it works ,
> re-enable the firewall and work from there.
>
> Alternatively, you can setup Event Forwarding on Vista.
>
> --
> Jabez Gan
> Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage
> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:796FBBA1-C9E7-48E4-9B75-F8C661593AD7@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can
>> view remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista.....
>> The Vista machine all have their remote registry service running already.
>> But when I connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it always
>> complain that rpc server is not available......
>>
>> Please help.
>>
>> Marshall
>

You need to make a registry change.

http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administ...ltertoken.aspx



--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:796FBBA1-C9E7-48E4-9B75-F8C661593AD7@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can
> view remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista..... The
> Vista machine all have their remote registry service running already. But
> when I connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it always complain
> that rpc server is not available......
>
> Please help.
>
> Marshall

Thanks for the link. Followed the link, added the DWORD to the registry and
rebooted. Fired up Event view and tried to connect to a remote machine.
Same error of RPC Server unavailable.....



"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
newsDA47E46-E3B3-4FBC-9A4E-C56B5EEABC17@microsoft.com...
> You need to make a registry change.
>
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administ...ltertoken.aspx
>
>
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:796FBBA1-C9E7-48E4-9B75-F8C661593AD7@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can
>> view remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista.....
>> The Vista machine all have their remote registry service running already.
>> But when I connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it always
>> complain that rpc server is not available......
>>
>> Please help.
>>
>> Marshall
>

The change has to be done on the remote machine if the remote machine is
running Vista.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
news28BED3C-8B46-4A55-98DF-E0F486006B97@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the link. Followed the link, added the DWORD to the registry
> and rebooted. Fired up Event view and tried to connect to a remote
> machine. Same error of RPC Server unavailable.....
>
>
>
> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
> newsDA47E46-E3B3-4FBC-9A4E-C56B5EEABC17@microsoft.com...
>> You need to make a registry change.
>>
>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administ...ltertoken.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:796FBBA1-C9E7-48E4-9B75-F8C661593AD7@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>> How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can
>>> view remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista.....
>>> The Vista machine all have their remote registry service running
>>> already. But when I connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it
>>> always complain that rpc server is not available......
>>>
>>> Please help.
>>>
>>> Marshall
>>

I have done it on all my domain machines..... And still didn't work.

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:66A87FDD-9948-4D07-B261-2A2F7B4FEE6F@microsoft.com...
> The change has to be done on the remote machine if the remote machine is
> running Vista.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news28BED3C-8B46-4A55-98DF-E0F486006B97@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for the link. Followed the link, added the DWORD to the registry
>> and rebooted. Fired up Event view and tried to connect to a remote
>> machine. Same error of RPC Server unavailable.....
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
>> newsDA47E46-E3B3-4FBC-9A4E-C56B5EEABC17@microsoft.com...
>>> You need to make a registry change.
>>>
>>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administ...ltertoken.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kerry Brown
>>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:796FBBA1-C9E7-48E4-9B75-F8C661593AD7@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> How can I view event logs on a remote machine running Vista? I can
>>>> view remote events on machines running XP and 2003 but not Vista.....
>>>> The Vista machine all have their remote registry service running
>>>> already. But when I connect to a remote machine via event viewer, it
>>>> always complain that rpc server is not available......
>>>>
>>>> Please help.
>>>>
>>>> Marshall
>>>
>