To get events from logs that use the Windows Event Log technology in Windows Vista and later versions of the Windows operating system, use Get-WinEvent. CAUTION: This cmdlet can delete operating system event logs, which might cause application failures and unexpected system behavior.... Windows 7's Event Viewer includes a new category of event logs called Applications and Services Logs, which includes a whole host of subcategories that track key elements of the operating system.
Posted on April 7, 2013 by Joe Waldin I had a situation where I needed to clear all of the event logs on a 2008R2 Windows Server. I launched the event viewer and was going to manually clear each of the logs.... The Get-WinEvent cmdlet gets events from event logs, including classic logs, such as the System and Application logs, and the event logs that are generated by the Windows Event Log technology introduced in Windows Vista.
Opening the Event Viewer in Windows 7 (and Vista) So to start in Windows 7, you'll want to bring up the Start menu. Once you've done that, you'll want to type into the box that says "Search programs and files".