Application log filling up

[Eoin O'Beara]

Hi all,
Hopefully someone can halp, I have a Win2k server (not a DC) getting 8
events every 20mins! Source: AutoTrace, Event: 0. I have searched the
Knowledgebase with no joy, same for Eventid.net. The text of the error is as
follows:

The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( AutoTrace ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
?????????????????????????????c.

In the actual eventlog the ? are small squares!

--
Thanks,

Eoin.

Eoin O'Beara,

 

[Mark-Allen Perry]

Here is something you might check:

-----------------
AUTOTRACE:
We had a problem with AutoTrace, a third party package that Tivoli developers included in 411, it flooded the event log on the TMR server, to uninstall we were sent the following instructions...
C:\Program Files\Common Files>net stop atserv
The AutoTrace Runtime service was stopped successfully.
C:\Program Files\Common Files>atserv -uninstall
C:\Program Files\Common Files>erase atserv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files>
Verify the registry entries for Autotrace are removed if they still
exists the remove them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\atserv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\atserv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atserv
reboot
--------------

But I'll keep checking for other ideas.

--
Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

Hi all,
Hopefully someone can halp, I have a Win2k server (not a DC) getting 8
events every 20mins! Source: AutoTrace, Event: 0. I have searched the
Knowledgebase with no joy, same for Eventid.net. The text of the error is as
follows:

The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( AutoTrace ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
?????????????????????????????c.

In the actual eventlog the ? are small squares!

--
Thanks,

Eoin.

Eoin O'Beara,

 

[Dave Patrick]

Simply means the developer provided a means to write to the event log, but
didn't provide a description for this event. Perhaps someone installed this
program. Check running services and or processes.

http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi all,
| Hopefully someone can halp, I have a Win2k server (not a DC) getting 8
| events every 20mins! Source: AutoTrace, Event: 0. I have searched the
| Knowledgebase with no joy, same for Eventid.net. The text of the error is
as
| follows:
|
| The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( AutoTrace ) cannot be
found.
| The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
| message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
| able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help
and
| Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
| ?????????????????????????????c.
|
| In the actual eventlog the ? are small squares!
|
| --
| Thanks,
|
| Eoin.
|
| Eoin O'Beara,
|
|

 

[Eoin O'Beara]

Hi Mark,
That did the trick. Thanks for your help!

--
Thanks,

Eoin.

Eoin O'Beara,

Here is something you might check:

-----------------
AUTOTRACE:
We had a problem with AutoTrace, a third party package that Tivoli developers included in 411, it flooded the event log on the TMR server, to uninstall we were sent the following instructions...
C:\Program Files\Common Files>net stop atserv
The AutoTrace Runtime service was stopped successfully.
C:\Program Files\Common Files>atserv -uninstall
C:\Program Files\Common Files>erase atserv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files>
Verify the registry entries for Autotrace are removed if they still
exists the remove them:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\atserv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\atserv
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atserv
reboot
--------------

But I'll keep checking for other ideas.

--
Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

Hi all,
Hopefully someone can halp, I have a Win2k server (not a DC) getting 8
events every 20mins! Source: AutoTrace, Event: 0. I have searched the
Knowledgebase with no joy, same for Eventid.net. The text of the error is as
follows:

The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( AutoTrace ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
?????????????????????????????c.

In the actual eventlog the ? are small squares!

--
Thanks,

Eoin.

Eoin O'Beara,