Log Control tab

Click the numbers to learn about specific controls, or read an introduction. To reach this tab: 1. Go to Alerts & Logs / Main tab 2. Click the Advanced button. 3. Click the Log Control tab.

Log Control tab (Advanced Alerts & Log Settings dialog)

Use the Log Control tab to determine when, where and how ZoneAlarm Pro will save and archive log files. To access this tab, click the Advanced button in the Main tab of Alerts & Logs.

Log Archive Frequency

To turn log archiving on and to determine how often logs will be archived, follow these steps:

1. To turn log archiving on, select the Archive... check box.
2. Use the spin box to select the log archive frequency.

Note If the Log Archive Frequency check box is not selected, ZoneAlarm Pro continues to log events for display in the Log Viewer tab, but does not archive them to the ZAlog.txt file.

Log Archive Location

About ZoneAlarm Pro logs

ZoneAlarm Pro logs events to a text file, named ZAlog.txt. At regular intervals, the contents of ZAlog.txt are archived to a date-stamped file, for example, ZALog2002.02.04.txt (for February 4, 2002). This prevents ZAlog.txt from becoming unmanageably large. For information on how to find, read, and interpret log files, see Related Topics.

The ZAlog.txt file and all archived log files are stored in the same directory. The default locations are C:\Windows\Internet Logs (for Windows 95, Windows98, Windows ME, and Windows XP); and C:\Winnt\Internet Logs (for Windows NT, Windows 2000).

Use the Browse button to designate the location for the current log and archived log files. You can also change the name of the log file.

Use the View Log button to open the current log file.

Use the Delete Log button to delete the current log file. This will not delete the archived log files.

Tip To view archived log files, use Windows Explorer to browse to the directory your logs are stored in.

Log Archive Appearance

Use these controls to determine the field separator for your log files.

Select Tab to separate fields with a tab character. Select Comma to separate log fields with a comma. Select Semicolon to separate log fields with a semicolon.

Buttons

Click Reset to Default to return log control settings to Zone Labs defaults.

Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes you have made.

Click Apply to save your changes but leave the dialog box open.

Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

Related Topics

Reading log entries
Viewing the ZoneAlarm Pro log