MSDE is the "local" SQL engine. While you could run the SQL service manager and changed the default configuration from "shared memory" also enabling "TCP" as a server option in order to connect directly to the engine for queries, I don't recommend doing that on your firewall. If you don't want to configure ISA to log to a "real" SQL server, then you have the option of stopping the SQL instance and copying the MDF files over to another SQL server (SQL Express 2005 works great unless you need a db bigger than 4g) and attach to the MDF file. Then you can start the SQL engine back up and work "off-line" so to speak. You won't be able to copy them with the service running as all the MDFs will be in use. t From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James May Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 8:30 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] isa 2004 logs Hello, I recently enabled logging to MSDE format on ISA 2004. I'm not familiar with this type of file format can anyone help as to where I might find a good program to view the contents or a how to article? Thanks, James May