If you usually keep a known amount of hard-drive space clear, and suddenly find your system running low on space, a problem with the way the system handles log files may be to blame. You can use a ...

Microsoft adds HMAC protection to CLFS in Windows 11 25H2 and Server 2025, improving security while increasing disk and I/O ...

OS X includes a number of tools that can be useful for troubleshooting purposes. Console, which you’ll find in the Applications -> Utilities folder, is one such tool. Console is a front-end for all ...

A record of computer activity used for statistical purposes as well as backup and recovery. Log files are written by the operating system or other control program for ...

Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...

Have you ever noticed that an IIS server seems to slowly eat disk space over time? If you’re hosting many sites, or a few high traffic sites, it might not be that slow to consume a big portion of your ...

Log files. They're there for a reason -- to keep track of what goes on behind the velvet curtain of your operating system. When things go wrong, entries are added to those log files, so you can view ...

If you are a Windows 11/10 user, you might have seen the DumpStack.log.tmp file in your C drive. This file is located in the root directory of your Windows computer. However, it is not necessary that ...

Windows has a built-in logging system that allows the OS to collect a performance-based log. These logs are useful for diagnosis to determine what is happening with Windows 11/10 under various working ...