Monitor Event Logs in Real Time 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.

Monitor Event Logs in Real Time in Windows using VBScript, WMI and LDAP

Example(s)

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

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _    
    ("Select * from __instancecreationevent where " _
        & "TargetInstance isa 'Win32_NTLogEvent' " _
            & "and TargetInstance.EventCode = '533' ")

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
     strAlertToSend = objLatestEvent.TargetInstance.User _ 
         & " attempted to access DatabaseServer."
     Wscript.Echo strAlertToSend
Loop