View Windows Firewall Events in Event Viewer

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Use this procedure when you want to view Windows Firewall events that have been written to the security log. This is useful if you are troubleshooting Windows Firewall problems or you are configuring Windows Firewall for the first time and you want to monitor Windows Firewall behavior.

Administrative Credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.

Special Considerations

There are no special considerations to perform this procedure.

To view Windows Firewall events in Event Viewer

This procedure can be performed using the graphical user interface.

Using the graphical user interface

To view Windows Firewall events in Event Viewer

  1. Open Event Viewer.

  2. Click Security, and then look for event IDs 848 through 861.

If a Windows Firewall setting appears dimmed in the graphical user interface, and on the General tab, you see For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy, the setting might be managed by Group Policy. If all Windows Firewall settings appear dimmed, and on the General tab, you see You must be a computer administrator to change these settings, you do not have administrative rights to configure Windows Firewall.

Notes

  • To start Windows Firewall, click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Windows Firewall.

  • Windows Firewall is not included in the original release of the Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

See Also

Concepts

Using the Security Log
Known Issues for Using the Security Log
Enable Auditing of Windows Firewall Events