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Create your own custom events in the event log.

Posted by Marek.Z on 3 July 2009

Did you ever wonder how to add some custom events to your computer system or application log? I always have but never really had the time to look it up. I was browsing the Windows Server 2008 command reference guide at Microsoft TechNet Windows Server TechCenter and I found the EventCreate.exe command. So, let’s give it a try.

C:\>EventCreate.exe /L Application /T Success /SO Script /ID 1 /D “The script completed successfully”

This command will create a success event with ID 1 from the source script in the Application log of your local machine and the description will be “The script completed successfully”.

Type EventCreate.exe /? at the command prompt for more options. You can even send events to remote computers! This is a great way to implement some error logging to your scripts. Tested on Windows XP, Vista and Server 2008.

Cheers! :)

Posted in Microsoft, Tools & Utilities, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »

List all performance counters on a Windows computer and export it to a file.

Posted by Marek.Z on 25 June 2009

Have you ever wondered how to list all performance counters that are present on your computer? Well, I have and after some research I discovered the TypePerf.exe command. Believe it or not, TypePerf.exe is installed by default on all Windows versions after Windows 2000. The syntax looks like this (tested on a Vista machine): 

C:\>TypePerf.exe –q > counters.txt

 This command will list all performance counters on your computer and save it to a text file named counters.

Posted in Microsoft, Tools & Utilities, Windows Vista | Leave a Comment »

Unhide the Recovery Partition on a Basic Disk with DiskPart.

Posted by Marek.Z on 29 May 2009

This quick step guide describes how to unhide the OEM/Recovery partition on your hard drive. It was tested on a Windows Vista machine with a Basic disk.

  1. Start Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) on your computer and take a closer look at your hard disk. Note the disk number and the partitions.
  2. Start DiskPart and select your disk: DISKPART> select disk 0
  3. List all partitions: DISKPART> list partition
  4. Now, select the hidden partition (see step 1) DISKPART> select partition 1
  5. Type DISKPART> detail partition and verify that it is hidden. Remember the Type value, this will be handy if something goes wrong.
  6. Set the type of the hidden partition to 07. Type DISKPART> set id = 07 override
  7. If everything goes ok, you will receive the following message “Diskpart successfully set the partition ID.“
  8. All done. Type Exit to close DiskPart.
  9. Check the Disk Management to see witch drive letter has been assigned to the recovery partition.

List of partition types:

07 = Windows NT NTFS, 17 = Hidden, 27 = OEM Recovery

Posted in Microsoft, Windows Vista | 14 Comments »

 
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