How to Check and Analyze SetWin Logs
After you use SetWin to back up, harden security for, or roll back Windows, SetWin generates a log file. This topic describes how to check and analyze SetWin logs.
Context
SetWin records operation information to a log file.
- The default path to SetWin log files is SetWin installation path\SetWin\Logs.
- The preset maximum number of log files is 100. The maximum size of a single log file is 2 MB.
- A SetWin log file is named after the time when the file is generated.
Procedure
- Log in to Windows as the system administrator.
- Open a SetWin log file.
You can check the current and historical SetWin logs.
- To check the current SetWin logs, view the Log dialog box displayed or choose Log > View Log Messages in the SetWin's main window when the current operation is complete.
After the Log dialog box is closed, you can view the current SetWin logs only in a historical log file.
- To check historical SetWin logs, choose Log > Open Log File in the SetWin's main window or click Open Log File in the Log dialog box. You can choose a log file based on the operation time.
- Analyze SetWin logs.
In the Log dialog box, log colors vary according to log type. In a historical log file, logs of each type start with a specified letter. Logs are classified into the following types:
- Informational log: records policy information and operation success information. An informational log starts with M. In the Log dialog box, informational logs are in green.
- Operation wise log: records new values of hardening items in a security hardening policy file. An operation wise log starts with W. In the Log dialog box, operation wise logs are in brown.
- Reporting log: records common information. A reporting log starts with R. In the Log dialog box, reporting logs are in black.
- Error log: records error information. An error log starts with E. In the Log dialog box, error logs are in red.