Questions concerning about dumpel.exe

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I have dumped the SECURITY log of my Win2k server by using
the command "dumpel -f test01.txt -s test01 -l security"

The file was then imported to Microsoft Access, whereas
Access has imported the said text file into a table with
an error log produced. Questions are:

Q1: Microsoft Access test01_IMportErrors table was
generated and listed "Type Conversion Failure" for the
FIELD1 and FIELD2 of the security event log dumped by
dumpel. How to fix the said "Type Conversion Failure" for
Field1 and Field2.

Q2: The time format of the SECURITY log of my Win2k server
is hh:mm:ss, whereas the time format dumped by dumpel is
hh:mm:ss AM or hh:mm:ss PM. Why? How can I force the time
format to be hh:mm:ss instead.

I have also tried to dump the SECURITY log of my Win2k
server using the command "dumpel -f test01.txt -s test01 -
l security -e 529", it was then returned with an error
stated that "You must use the -m switch if you use -e" and
the command failed to execute. In fact, I have read the
usage explanation of dumpel and can't catch what <-m
source> refers to (such as redirector (rdr), serial, etc).

Q3: What does <-m source> mean?
 
dumpel.exe has several known bugs, such as placing
the same quantity into different columns on different
lines. Have a look at dumpevt.exe instead. You can get
it free from www.somarsoft.com. AFAIR, it lets you roll
your own date/time format.
 
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