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From: Dave Patrick on 28 Mar 2010 10:07 I'm sure there are many of them out there. Here's one. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394593(VS.85).aspx -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "boe"wrote: > Hopefully someone will sell the script or post it as a freeware fix.
From: boe on 28 Mar 2010 10:40 THanks - you think this clears ALL logs? Use the Win32_NTEventlogFile class and the ClearEventLog method. strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Backup)}!\\" & _ strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colLogFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_NTEventLogFile " _ & "Where LogFileName='Application'") For Each objLogfile in colLogFiles objLogFile.ClearEventLog() WScript.Echo "Cleared application event log file" Next "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick(a)nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message news:uZEF4$nzKHA.244(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I'm sure there are many of them out there. Here's one. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394593(VS.85).aspx > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "boe"wrote: >> Hopefully someone will sell the script or post it as a freeware fix.
From: boe on 28 Mar 2010 10:48 I tried to run it on a test system as admin and got - clearlog.vbs(10, 5) SWbemObjectEx: Access denied "boe" <boe_d(a)nospammyhotmail.com> wrote in message news:O9c2NSozKHA.6112(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > THanks - you think this clears ALL logs? > > > Use the Win32_NTEventlogFile class and the ClearEventLog method. > strComputer = "." > Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ > & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Backup)}!\\" & _ > strComputer & "\root\cimv2") > Set colLogFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ > ("Select * from Win32_NTEventLogFile " _ > & "Where LogFileName='Application'") > For Each objLogfile in colLogFiles > objLogFile.ClearEventLog() > WScript.Echo "Cleared application event log file" > Next > > "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick(a)nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message > news:uZEF4$nzKHA.244(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> I'm sure there are many of them out there. Here's one. >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394593(VS.85).aspx >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. >> Microsoft Certified Professional >> Microsoft MVP [Windows] >> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >> >> "boe"wrote: >>> Hopefully someone will sell the script or post it as a freeware fix. >
From: Dave Patrick on 28 Mar 2010 11:13 No, only the application event log. You'll need to modify or expand functionality to fit your needs. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "boe" wrote: > THanks - you think this clears ALL logs? > > > Use the Win32_NTEventlogFile class and the ClearEventLog method. > strComputer = "." > Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ > & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Backup)}!\\" & _ > strComputer & "\root\cimv2") > Set colLogFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ > ("Select * from Win32_NTEventLogFile " _ > & "Where LogFileName='Application'") > For Each objLogfile in colLogFiles > objLogFile.ClearEventLog() > WScript.Echo "Cleared application event log file" > Next
From: Dave Patrick on 28 Mar 2010 11:16 Actually for vista / 2008 / 7 you'll probably want to use Wevtutil tool. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732848(WS.10).aspx -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "boe" wrote: >I tried to run it on a test system as admin and got - clearlog.vbs(10, 5) > SWbemObjectEx: Access denied
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