What is an EVT file and which Windows systems use it?
An EVT (Windows Event Viewer Log) file is the legacy format used to store system log information before Windows Vista, commonly found on Windows NT 4, 2000, XP, and 2003. It differs from the newer Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) format introduced in Windows 7 and later. Common EVT logs include AppEvent.Evt, SecEvent.Evt, and SysEvent.Evt stored in `%systemroot%\system32\config`.
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