If you’re like most administrators, you probably have a few shutdown events that you’d like to delete from your Windows Server 2008 event logs. Unfortunately, deleting these events is a bit more complicated than just hitting the Delete key. In this article, we’ll show you how to delete shutdown events from Windows Server 2008 using the Event Viewer console and the Group Policy Management Console. ..
Go to the start menu search box, type in gpedit.msc, and hit enter. You could also go to Start | Run and do the same, but the search box is faster and cooler.
Next the Local Group Policy Editor pops up. Under Computer Configuration in the left pane, expand the Administrative Templates, then click on System. Now in the right pane, scroll down till you see Display Shutdown Event Tracker, and double-click on that.
The settings are kind of misleading, because both the Not Configured and Enabled options enable the Shutdown Event Tracker. There are a few settings for how you can track which machines are shutdown under the Enabled option, but we are just going to turn the whole thing off by choosing Disabled.
Turning off the Shutdown Event Tracker is a quick fix to a setting that can be annoying, and if you find later that you are needing it, you can come right back here and turn it on just as easily.
