Where Is Activity Log?

Came down to the machine this morning (running SP1 Basic), and found that it
had rebooted overnight. Is there a process log stored somewhere that can tell
me why, or what was running at the time? Thanks.

Hi,

Event Viewer, just type it into the start/search line and hit <enter>. Check
the system and application logs, and possibly the security log as well. All
found under the Windows Logs section.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"bilvihur" <bilvihur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Came down to the machine this morning (running SP1 Basic), and found that
> it
> had rebooted overnight. Is there a process log stored somewhere that can
> tell
> me why, or what was running at the time? Thanks.

the reboot could be caused by your settings for automatic updates.

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Event Viewer, just type it into the start/search line and hit <enter>.
> Check the system and application logs, and possibly the security log as
> well. All found under the Windows Logs section.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "bilvihur" <bilvihur@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B8AE9E91-FE31-4B73-B667-C59D37E494E8@microsoft.com...
>> Came down to the machine this morning (running SP1 Basic), and found that
>> it
>> had rebooted overnight. Is there a process log stored somewhere that can
>> tell
>> me why, or what was running at the time? Thanks.
>

Definitely have Auto Update turned off. I do see a System Errorlog entry
'unable to initialize the security package Kerberos for server side'. I have
no idea what this is.