Title: Event Logging for Developers, not administrators
Product review: I am a consultant, of sorts--I build networks, repair networks, etc. And I thought this book would give me a more thorough understanding of Windows NT's Event Logging service. Boy was I wrong.If you are a programmer/developer for WinNT, I'm sure this book will be a great help to you. More than 2/3 of it is taken up by ways to use the event logging API. It documents the calls and parameters involved in them, and occasionally preaches about what a "good" application should do with event logging.If you are an administrator (that doesn't write C++ code every day), however, stay away. This, like all O'Reilly books, is well written but, like many ORA books, is inappropriately titled. The information here that is useful to administrators can also be found in the Windows help files.
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