Event Logs

[Diane Walker]

We are running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The Event Logs are empty. Is
there a way to turn on the logs?

Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Make sure the 'Event Log' service is running. The files may be corrupt.
Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Services|Event Log Service|General, set
the "Startup Type:" to "Disabled" restart the pc, then delete (or move) the
corrupt *.evt file(s) from %windir%\system32\config then set the Event Log
Service "Startup Type:" back to "Automatic", restart for effect.

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| We are running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The Event Logs are empty.
Is
| there a way to turn on the logs?
|
| Thanks.
|
|

 

[Diane Walker]

Thank you very much for your quick response.

Do you have any ideas why the Event Viewer stops logging? Could the
hardware problem make the Event Viewer stops logging?

The System Event file icon is grayed out. The Application and Security
icons look normal.

Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

:
| Thank you very much for your quick response.
|
| Do you have any ideas why the Event Viewer stops logging?
* More than likely file corruption.

Could the
| hardware problem make the Event Viewer stops logging?
* Doubtful but what hardware problem?

| The System Event file icon is grayed out. The Application and Security
| icons look normal.
* Have you tried deleting the file?
%windir%\system32\config\SysEvent.Evt

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[Diane Walker]

The server shutdown with the blue screen since Sunday. I brought the server
up on Monday morning. The server went down two times on Monday. When I
was at the server yesterday morning, I saw the message
"Unexpected_kernel_mode_trap" at the blue screen. Today, the server seems
to be functioning. But, that does not mean the problem will go away.

I sent your suggestions to my supervisor for approval to fix the Event
Viewer. I'll let you know the results.

Thanks so much for your help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

This may also help.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e..._23082e55-3e4e-435f-b783-051a0ab3c1fa.xml.asp

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| The server shutdown with the blue screen since Sunday. I brought the
server
| up on Monday morning. The server went down two times on Monday. When I
| was at the server yesterday morning, I saw the message
| "Unexpected_kernel_mode_trap" at the blue screen. Today, the server
seems
| to be functioning. But, that does not mean the problem will go away.
|
| I sent your suggestions to my supervisor for approval to fix the Event
| Viewer. I'll let you know the results.
|
| Thanks so much for your help.

 

[Diane Walker]

Thanks for your quick response and the information. I'll check out the link

 

[Diane Walker]

My boss decided to build a new server to replace this server.

This server used to be an NT Primary Domain Controller. Then, we built a new
Windows 2000 Server and upgraded this PDC to a Windows 2000 Domain
Controller. This server is running DHCP and is also a Primary Wins Server.

Since we are going to build a new server to replace this server, do you
expect any problems? Is there something that we should know about?

Thanks.

Thanks for your quick response and the information. I'll check out the link

This may also help.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e..._23082e55-3e4e-435f-b783-051a0ab3c1fa.xml.asp

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| The server shutdown with the blue screen since Sunday. I brought the
server
| up on Monday morning. The server went down two times on Monday.

When

I
| was at the server yesterday morning, I saw the message
| "Unexpected_kernel_mode_trap" at the blue screen. Today, the server
seems
| to be functioning. But, that does not mean the problem will go away.
|
| I sent your suggestions to my supervisor for approval to fix the Event
| Viewer. I'll let you know the results.
|
| Thanks so much for your help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You may want to start a new thread on this issue. None that I know of
specifically.

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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<snip>
| Since we are going to build a new server to replace this server, do you
| expect any problems? Is there something that we should know about?
<snip>

 

[Diane Walker]

Thank you very much for your quick response. I appreciate your assistance
very much.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Thank you very much for your quick response. I appreciate your assistance
| very much.