:) :) :) I have ISA2004, it was fine, I just changed the template am using for the server, does it do that? if yes how can I have my log files back to the format I can read? how can I read these logfiles? How can I get my IPEX logs back too? :) tx http://www.ISAserver.org That is a really good question. A statement like that should be qualified. Did you reinstall? Did you upgrade? How was your setup before the change? ISA 2004 use the MSDE version to store log files? So, what's the real question? Joseph -----Original Message----- From: rubix cube [mailto:rubixc@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:32 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] log files http://www.ISAserver.org Why did the log files suddenly became .ldf and .mdf format? they were ok yesterday with .txt format I think And the IPEX logfiles disappeared too. tx