It could be a fishy no good startup program which you Dave also
pointed out to.
You can use a tool named autorun.exe from sysinternals.com which also
lists all of the startup programs.
Additionally is the Event Logging Service in running state when you
see it in services.msc
Is the Startup type set to Automatic. If not set it to Automatic and
then reboot the box. The Service should come up on its own.
If it doesnt allow you to manually alter the startup status, you can
do this through the registry.
In regedit, go to
[ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog ]
Right hand pane - the valuedata of the value "START" should be set to
2.
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Gautam Anand
e: gautam at hotpop dot com
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message | Thanks for the reply dave. I'm probably being a complete donut here
( i def.
| am). After clicking Comp. Management(local) there's nothing which
says system
| info. and also - i'm pretty confused as to what exactly it is you
want me to
| do - do i delete these entries (are these string values?) starting
HKLM and
| HKCU. Sorry for being such a muppet.
| All the best and i really appreciate the help.
| Shuggy (broken finger)
|
| "Dave Patrick" wrote:
|
| > Look for something suspicious here. Natively you can;
Start\Settings\Control
| > Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management(Local)\System
| > Information\Software Environment\Startup Programs|View|Advanced,
then in the
| > "Location" column, you'll find the path to the "Startup" location
either in
| > the "Startup" directories or from the registry's "Run" keys. (note
that this
| > windows is read-only so you must manually navigate to the location
below to
| > edit or otherwise delete)
| >
| > %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
| > %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
| >
| > You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.
| >
| >
| > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
| > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
| >
| > You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want
to run.
| >
| > or copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory
| >
| >
| > --
| > Regards,
| >
| > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
| > Microsoft Certified Professional
| > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
| >
| > "shuggy" wrote:
| > | Hullo there , i don't know if this is the right place -
| > | but here goes. My friend is having a nightmare with the '
| > | cannot start event logger' message. He is running xp pro.
| > | have tried checking event log and it's 'started'. I've
| > | managed to get him into his computer by opening a file
| > | through the task manager. But everything is virtually
| > | frozen. Hve checked the net for virus updates - but can't
| > | seem to find very much and certainly nothing on the
| > | microsoft site. Please help - he's driving me insane! As
| > | if i know anymore than he does!!!
| >
| >
| >
