Creating event log with logevent.exe

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I'm trying to create some dummy application log entries for my other script
to retrieve, using the tool 'logevent.exe' from the Win2k resource kit. I
could successfully create the records simulating incoming faxes received
using this command:

logevent -c 3 -r "Fax Service" -e 8202 "Testing fax received."

and the command returned this output:

Logevent command completed successfully!

However, when I use the event viewer to view the log, the entries generated
by the tool has the following error in the Description field:

"The description for Event ID ( 8202 ) in Source ( Fax Service ) cannot be
found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following
information is part of the event: Testing fax received."

I then tried to extract them out using another tool 'dumpel.exe' (also from
resource kit) but the description field is empty!!

Does anyone know why would this happened? Many thanks!!
 

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