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Get the XP Event Viewer in Windows Vista\7

Posted by William Diaz on September 7, 2011


For the Windows minimalists, the classic XP style Event Viewer can be found in Windows Vista\7. To enable it, run an elevated command prompt and type regsvr32 els.dll. Now open the MMC and from File > Add/Remove Snap-in select Classic Event Viewer:

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