PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time #68 Show-EventLog

Continuing the series looking at new cmdlets available in PowerShell 2.0. This time we look at the Show-EventLog cmdlet.

What can I do with it?

Open Event Viewer on a local or remote computer.

Example:

Open Event Viewer on the remote computer Test01.

Show-EventLog -ComputerName Test01

You will see that Event Viewer on the remote computer Test01 opens on the local machine.

How could I have done this in PowerShell 1.0?

You could have typed the executable Eventvwr to open Event Viewer on a local computer. To view it on the remote computer Test01 use:

eventvwr \\Test01

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