Using the following code right out of the ActiveState docs works to read my own computer event log, but when I run it against a remote computer (replacing VIC20 with \\\\servername) it returns nothing, just executes and ends with no output or error... I am checking remote NT4 logs from a Win2K server... could that be the problem?: c ** use Win32::EventLog; $handle=Win32::EventLog->new("System", "VIC20") or die "Can't open Application EventLog\n"; $handle->GetNumber($recs) or die "Can't get number of EventLog records\n"; $handle->GetOldest($base) or die "Can't get number of oldest EventLog record\n"; while ($x < $recs) { $handle->Read(EVENTLOG_FORWARDS_READ|EVENTLOG_SEEK_READ, $base+$x, $hashRef) or die "Can't read EventLog entry #$x\n"; if ($hashRef->{Source} eq "EventLog") { Win32::EventLog::GetMessageText($hashRef); print "Entry $x: $hashRef->{Message}\n"; } $x++; } _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users