How do I view failed login attempts?
Open Event Viewer in Active Directory and navigate to Windows Logs> Security. The pane in the center lists all the events that have been setup for auditing. You will have to go through events registered to look for failed logon attempts.
How do I check Windows Server login history?
To view the events, open Event Viewer and navigate to Windows Logs > Security. Here you'll find details of all events that you've enabled auditing for. You can define the size of the security log here, as well as choose to overwrite older events so that recent events are recorded when the log is full.
How do I view logs on Server 2012?
How to check event logs in Windows Server 2012?
- Step 1 -Hover mouse over bottom left corner of desktop to make the Start button appear.
- Step 2 -Right click on the Start button and select Control Panel → System Security and double-click Administrative Tools.
- Step 3 -Double-click Event Viewer.
How do I check my login history?
View the Logon events
- Step 1 – Go to Start ➔ Type “Event Viewer” and click enter to open the “Event Viewer” window.
- Step 2 – In the left navigation pane of “Event Viewer”, open “Security” logs in “Windows Logs”.
- Step 3 – You will have to look for the following event IDs for the purposes mentioned herein below. Event ID.