I don't have a large amount of users on my system (I am the only one). My computer is also not mission critical. So why should I worry about the logs on my system? Simple, when something does go wrong as it will in most cases, you will know know a little bit about what happened and maybe even the reason why. I know this muc, but I was wondering if there are any programs that will help me in viewing the logs a little bit easier and make them a bit less cryptic. Also, does anyone know any good tutorials/books on the subject of log analysis? Thx, for the time and the help.