[dba-Tech] Windows Event Log help

Jim,
It wasn't a crash. I don't have windows automatic updates enabled. I do that
via my RMM via WSUS. I've also run into the Windows 7 Home issue but all of
these stations are Windows 7 Pro. 
Oracle's Java updated to 7.4 but I didn't authorize it and I can't find any
options for how it upgrades now. (I can also do that via RMM but I need to
be able to figure out how to turn it off on the workstations too.)

So I'm trying to do the detective work of which program caused this; WSUS,
Java, or something else. Question is how? I thought the event log would be
the way to go but it seems to only tell me it shutdown - but not why.
John B

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:44 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows Event Log help

Hi John:

You seem to have a problem with your updates.

I (try to) never have automatic updates...they are just too dangerous. The
last thing needed is a client's site crashing during a work day. That said,
do you have a the full event log or just the dump file?  

Windows does have events that will over-ride any settings. This happens when
an update has been installed and then the immediate reboot cycle has been
postponed.

The Home edition of Window7 is just such a beast. At one point it will
decide, regardless of the settings that some process must be handled...it
first prompts how long before boot cycle starts, which can be up to four
hours, but if no one takes action within a five minute window, it start a
shutdown and reboot cycle of about two minutes. Your description does sound
like that.

Jim
  
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net>
To: "DBA-Tech" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 1:02:18 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Event Log help

Do any of you fine people know how to filter the event log for what PROGRAM
caused a reboot? 

I know Event IDs 6005 and 6006 will indicate a power down event but that
information isn't very helpful by itself in this instance.

I had an entire office of workstations reboot once during the day (at
various times). They all got a 2 minute warning that the computer was going
to reboot, save your work, etc. which sounds like my script. Except my
script happens on Tuesday nights not Thursday during work hours.

It appears that Java was updated but I do not allow for automatic updates,
so, I'm trying to track this down.

TIA
John B

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