Event Id Software Installation
Event ID 10 is logged in the Application log after you install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
You can filter by EventID to see specific types of events. There are many Windows Installer Event IDs corresponding to different sorts of actions. 1033 indicates a product was installed, 1034 indicates a product was uninstalled.
For Windows Installer you can also filter by Source. MsiInstaller is the source for all Windows Installer events. InstallShield tends to be a wrapper for MSI scripts, so it would generally have the same event IDs. However, other installer packages will generally not use the same EventIDs. For any installer you'll need to find the appropriate event ids it uses (if any). UPDATE details: Oh, and those are all found in the event viewer under Application.
Raven Software
UPDATE response: The Windows Event IDs do not change from OS to OS as these are determined by the application. In this case, Windows Installer. I tested on my XP box and a 2003 server and they both used 1033 for install and 1034 for uninstall. You may try installing a windows update patch or similar.
Something small, like a root certificate update or the like. Then check the event logs for corresponding entries. This will allow you to see if the logs have been cleared since the last install.
UPDATE further details, alternate IDs: There is a plethora of information online regarding event IDs, including lists of all possible EventIDs for MSI Installers. Looking briefly I'm not really sure what the difference is between 1033/1034 and 8 IDs. MS documentation seems to show that the two different types indicate the same thing, namely the successful install or uninstall, but contain different sorts of information.
I'm just started playing with group policy. First thing I wanted to figure out was the software deployment capability that it has, but I ran into a road block right away. I keep getting this same type of error trying to install office 2003, office 2000, and Symantec 10.1 I've seen on the forums that you can achieve these install with scripts, but I was under the impression that they could also be installed with the group policy software installation feature.
Id Software
Event Type: Warning Event Source: Software Installation Event Category: None Event ID: 119 Date: 4/7/2005 Time: 1:38:19 PM User: N/A Computer: 1N57Z61 Description: Software Installation encountered an unexpected error while reading from the MSI file aem-fs1 data Deploy Pro11.msi. The error was not serious enough to justify halting the operation. The following error was encountered: The operation completed successfully.