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An event log is a file used to record a timeline of events along with contextual metadata

System.Security.SecurityException when writing to Event Log

I’m working on trying to port an ASP.NET app from Server 2003 (and IIS6) to Server 2008 (IIS7). When I …

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How to create Windows EventLog source from command line?

I'm creating an ASP.NET application that will log some stuff to Windows EventLog. To do this an event source …

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Write to Windows Application Event Log

Is there a way to write to this event log: Or at least, some other Windows default log, where I …

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The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security

I am getting error: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible …

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The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched

I am getting the following exception. I have given full control to Asp.net account on Eventlogs in Registry edit. […

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Description for event id from source cannot be found

When I write a log into windows event log, I get the event below, what's the root cause of this …

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c# writing to the event viewer

I'm trying to write to the event viewer in my c# code, but I'm getting the wonderful "Object reference not …

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System.Security.SecurityException: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security

I am trying to create a Windows Service, but when I try and install it, it rolls back giving me …

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EventLog write permissions

My question is related to write permissions to the Windows Event Log. I have looked around several posts concering this, …

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What do I need to change to allow my IIS7 ASP.Net 3.5 application to create an event source and log events to Windows EventLog?

ASP.Net 3.5 running under IIS 7 doesn't seem to allow this out of the box. if (!EventLog.SourceExists("MyAppLog")) EventLog.CreateEventSource("…

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