View System Events in Windows 7

Reviewing Windows events is a good tool provides hints on SW and HW errors that the computer had faced, such as sudden restart or non-noticeable issues.

Two ways to see the event log:

(1) Click Start button , Control Panel, Administrative Tools, double-click the Event Viewer. The Event Viewer window will pop-up.
In the left list, click Windows Logs, System.

To see the events, scroll down in the main window at the center.
Error will be written in red. Details of the event is given in the window at the bottom.

(2) Click the Start button . In the Search box, type Event Viewer, double-click the Event Viewer in the result list. The Event Viewer window will pop-up.

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