Event log service fails

[Jim]

I have a Windows 2000 server running AD and Exchange 5.5
that the Event Viewer Logs are all blank. The Event log
service says that it is started, but I am unable to stop
or restart the service. All the options on the service are
greyed out. The server has all the newest patches
installed as well as McAfee Groupsheild 4.5 with the
newest DAT's and Superdat's installed. However the
Groupsheild service won't start either. It hangs on
startup. Any suggestions?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Possible the *.evt files are 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 files
from %windir%\system32\config then set the Event Log Service "Startup Type:"
back to "Automatic", restart for effect.