narf
Sgt. Maj. Buzzkill
ok, so i just need to view the log files on w8
normally, you do right click on my pc - manage - log viewer
now it took met 30 mins of searching on google that i have to type comexp.msc to load the logviewer
and i'm sure i won't remember tomorrow what it was...
Thirty minutes of googling should have lead you to eventvwr, opening the event viewer directly rather than the component explorer.
Alternatively, press Win+X and you're there.