Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a quick event log status update.
![Hey, Scripting Guy! Question]() How can I quickly obtain a status update on my event logs? Things such as the retention policy, overflow action, and numbers of event in the logs?
 How can I quickly obtain a status update on my event logs? Things such as the retention policy, overflow action, and numbers of event in the logs?
![Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer]() Use the Get-EventLog cmdlet with the * after it, as shown here.
Use the Get-EventLog cmdlet with the * after it, as shown here.
Get-EventLog *
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