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April 10, 2008 PowerShell Makes Security Log Access Easy Use the PowerShell command line to retrieve system intrusion, account modification, and policy manipulation information from the Security event log A Web Exclusive from Windows IT Pro Robert Sheldon Features InstantDoc #98667 Windows IT Pro	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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Security event logs contain important details about attempts to access the network and to modify accounts and Group Policy. Windows PowerShell makes accessing event logs easy, from both local and remote computers. Robert Sheldon introduces you to Windows PowerShell, . . .

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