Text Log Monitor (TLM) provides Systems Administrators the ability to monitor and filter local or remote text log files as well as alert all in real-time. TLM also enables users to view, filter, and tail extremely large text files from within a Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI). Filters can be applied in much the same way tools like Cygwin¡¯s GREP utility provides. Both simple filters and complex Regular Expression filters are supported. Filtered results can be viewed or alerts can be configured to fire automatically when new messages are appended to log files. Files are monitored using operating system calls enabling the software to immediately notify Systems Administrators when specific messages are appended or when file contents change. Text Log Monitor installs a Windows Service that enables automatic file monitoring and alerting. The Windows Service does not require system administrators to be logged into the system.