Event Logs location in Windows

Windows Event logs location depends on Windows version you are looking at.

For Windows 2000/Server2003/Windows XP, logs are stored in %SystemRoot%\System32\Config folder, with an .evt extension.

For Visa/7/Server 2008 and above, logs are stored in %SystemRoot%\system32\winevt\logs folder, and have an .evtx extension.

For list of various event logs, go to List of Windows Event Logs