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Recommended settings for event log sizes in Windows (KB957662)

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Get a list of all event logs

With their name, enabled status, logging mode, and max size in MB:

  1. Open an elevated PowerShell prompt (to get access to all logs).
  2. Execute the following PowerShell command:
    Get-WinEvent -ListLog * | Select-Object LogName,IsEnabled,LogMode,@{Label="MaximumSizeInMB";Expression={$_.MaximumSizeInBytes/1024/1024}}

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