Issue
When filtering, column sorting or column selecting is made inside an Alarm or Event Viewer, the changes are not saved when the viewer is closed.
Environment
Vista Workstation
Cause
Changes made to the current view are considered temporary. Only changes made to the properties of the Alarm or Event Viewer are stored permanently in the database.
Resolution
To make your changes persistent, do the filtering, column sorting or column selecting by right clicking the Alarm or Event viewer object and select properties.