This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size. When this policy setting is enabled ...

This policy setting controls Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size.

When this policy setting is enabled and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events are not written to the log and are lost.

When this policy setting is disabled and a log file reaches its maximum size, new events overwrite old events.

Note: Old events may or may not be retained according to the "Backup log automatically when full" policy setting.