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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20230925145529|143769" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="740" prev="739" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="739" prev="731" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143776" ns="0" title="Setup FRP" pageid="81" logpage="81" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-22T18:59:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="738" prev="737" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143775" ns="0" title="Setup FRP" pageid="81" logpage="81" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-21T02:55:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="737" prev="714" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143774" ns="0" title="Fusionio driver" pageid="78" logpage="78" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-17T17:34:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="736" prev="708" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143773" ns="0" title="Vnc server" pageid="85" logpage="85" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-05T19:41:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="735" prev="734" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143772" ns="0" title="Vnc server" pageid="85" logpage="85" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-05T19:41:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="734" prev="719" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143771" ns="0" title="VBoxManage" pageid="82" logpage="82" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-05T19:41:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="733" prev="732" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="143770" ns="0" title="VBoxManage" pageid="82" logpage="82" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hall" timestamp="2023-10-05T19:40:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="732" prev="700" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>