OS X includes a number of tools that can be useful for troubleshooting purposes. Console, which you’ll find in the Applications -> Utilities folder, is one such tool. Console is a front-end for all ...

Windows has a built-in logging system that allows the OS to collect a performance-based log. These logs are useful for diagnosis to determine what is happening with Windows 11/10 under various working ...

You can use Notepad to read the log files. These log files are most useful for troubleshooting each phase of the Windows 11/10 installation process. Renaming or ...

Have you ever noticed that an IIS server seems to slowly eat disk space over time? If you’re hosting many sites, or a few high traffic sites, it might not be that slow to consume a big portion of your ...

In macOS, the operating system stores logs and crash report files in a variety of locations. Third-party logs are also stored. Once in a while, you'll want to clean these out and delete them in order ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a centralized Linux log server using syslog-ng. Let’s say your data center is filled with Linux servers and you need to administer them all.

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

Read on to find out how to enable WinRAR's file history. WinRAR creates a temporary version of your files. It is possible to view and enable this Archives history. Here's how: ...