The following tables contains a list of useful log file paths on a Windows client.
Application or service Path Description Internet Explorer 7 %windir%\ie7.log %windir%\ie7_main.log Only applicable to IE7. Deprecated. Internet Explorer 8 %windir%\ie8.log %windir%\ie_main.log Only applicable to IE8. Deprecated. Internet Explorer 9 %windir%\ie9_main.log Only applicable to IE9. Deprecated. Windows Update Log %windir%\WindowsUpdate.log Only applicable to Windows versions up to and including 8.1. Deprecated. SFC-log / CBS-log %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log SECedit-log %windir%\security\logs\scesrv.log Service Pack log C:\svcpack.log msinfo32 msinfo32 /report %userprofile%\desktop\msinfo32.txt Exports the results from msinfo32 to a file and places it on the desktop of the current user.