2000 Server and Event Viewer.

[Robert]

Event viewer comes up with a list for the System entries.
If I click on another tab then the screen goes blank. Then
I pop back to the first tab and the screen is blank. Here
is the thing, when I open Event Viewer sometimes, there
are entries there, I know that there are entries there.
Sometimes I go back and they are gone, yer to return when
I check later...

What gets me is that Murphy's law is striking... When I
really need to see the logs, it seems 9 out of 10 times, I
can't.

This is getting very frustrating...

Thanks for help. I checked the knowledge base.

 

[Robert]

I read the article about corruption. Is that possible?
Would that explain how every log on event viewer would be
blank?

 

[Dave Patrick]

The temporary fix;
You might try changing the file properties to "Overwrite as needed"

Then; 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.

The more permanent fix;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829246&Product=win2000


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:
| Event viewer comes up with a list for the System entries.
| If I click on another tab then the screen goes blank. Then
| I pop back to the first tab and the screen is blank. Here
| is the thing, when I open Event Viewer sometimes, there
| are entries there, I know that there are entries there.
| Sometimes I go back and they are gone, yer to return when
| I check later...
|
| What gets me is that Murphy's law is striking... When I
| really need to see the logs, it seems 9 out of 10 times, I
| can't.
|
| This is getting very frustrating...
|
| Thanks for help. I checked the knowledge base.