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There’s a lot going on under the hood of a Windows computer. The Event Viewer makes it possible to monitor Windows processes, helping you diagnose annoying problems without an obvious cause.

However, the Event Viewer can be confusing to use, due to its outdated UI and poor layout. Here is a guide on how to navigate the Event Viewer to troubleshoot Windows issues.

The Windows operating system "logs" every important activity while it's running. The Event Viewer is simply an app that helps you open and read these logs in one place, instead of manually opening each text file in Windows Explorer.