List Specific Events from an Event Log in Windows

You can use any of the VBScript programs below in ActiveXperts Network Monitor. Click here for an explanation about how to include scripts in ActiveXperts Network Monitor.

List Specific Events from an Event Log in Windows using VBScript, WMI and LDAP

Example(s)

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colLoggedEvents = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
        ("Select * from Win32_NTLogEvent Where Logfile = 'System' and " _
            & "EventCode = '6008'")

Wscript.Echo "Improper shutdowns: " & colLoggedEvents.Count