Help: View the Windows Firewall log
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
To view the Windows Firewall log
Open Windows Firewall, and click the Advanced tab.
In Security Logging, click Settings.
In the Log Settings dialog box, click Save As.
Right-click the log file name, and then click Open.
Notes
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.
To start Windows Firewall, click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Windows Firewall.
If a Windows Firewall setting appears dimmed in the graphical user interface, and on the General tab, you see For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy, the setting might be managed by Group Policy. If all Windows Firewall settings appear dimmed, and on the General tab, you see You must be a computer administrator to change these settings, you do not have administrative rights to configure Windows Firewall.
On Windows Server 2003, Windows Firewall is turned off by default and the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing service is disabled by default. You might have to start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing service if you try to perform this procedure and you have never started Windows Firewall.
Windows Firewall is not included in the original release of the Windows Server 2003 operating systems.
By default, the Windows Firewall log file is named pfirewall.log and is saved in the systemroot folder.
You must enable the Windows Firewall log file for it to appear in the systemroot folder.